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
Federal procurers could take a lesson from the finance corporation JPMorgan Chase, which recently issued an open letter to its software suppliers setting clear expectations that their products should prioritize security over rushing features to market.
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Jen Easterly, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 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
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Jen Easterly, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for procurer
pimp
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Isa was born in London in 1999, where her dad had joined the show for the last portion of its West End run, eventually taking over the role of the hustler-pimp the Engineer, a half-Asian character originally played by white men like Jonathan Pryce.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
17 Apr. 2026
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Sure enough, a few pimps named Delicious and Suede stop by.—
Andy Hoglund,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Procurer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/procurer. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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