1 ~ sth (for sth) (formal) to obtain sth, especially with difficulty:
[VN] She managed to procure a ticket for the concert. * [VNN, VN] They procured us a copy of the report. * They procured a copy of the report for us.
2 to provide a prostitute for sb:
[VN] He was accused of procuring under-age girls. [also V]
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for procure is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is procure a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, procure is tagged as verb.
Does procure appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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