Definition of procurernext
as in pimp
a man who solicits clients for a woman who is willing to engage in sexual activities for money had carved out a career as a procurer of high-priced call girls for wealthy, powerful men

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Recent Examples of procurer Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for acting as Epstein’s procurer of young girls. — Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2025 Ties reached their lowest ebb in January 2010 after the Israeli security service Mossad dispatched a 27-strong death squad to Dubai to assassinate Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, a senior weapons procurer for Hamas. — Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025 Gavi is the most prominent procurer and distributor of vaccines to children across the globe. — Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025 As the procurers of finances and managers of staff, they’re often seen as the hard-nosed businesspeople behind the whimsical auteurs. — Serena Dai, The Atlantic, 6 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for procurer
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pimp
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  • Jurors found Colbert’s co-defendant, Rickey White, 35, who prosecutors said was Colbert’s pimp, guilty of a racketeering charge and acquitted him on a manslaughter charge.
    — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2026
  • That was the high baroque period of Black style in the United States, when pimp realism became aspirational for all, even the respectable.
    — Lucy Sante, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026

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“Procurer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/procurer. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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