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Distinctive Meanings of Procure
Procure, like many other English words, has a split personality. On the one hand, it may carry a perfectly benign meaning, such as "to obtain" (“she procured supplies”) or "to bring about" (“the settlement was successfully procured”). On the other hand, it has long been used in the specific sense of obtaining someone for, or bringing about, sexually promiscuous purposes. In this regard it is similar to the word pander, which entered the English language with the innocent meaning “a go-between in love intrigues” (the word comes from the name Pandare, a character in Chaucer’s poem Troilus and Criseyde who facilitates the affair between the titular characters), and soon after took on the meaning “pimp.”
Examples of pander in a Sentence
Ben Ritz, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
But on Wednesday in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court, his attorney, Richard Goldberg, said there are concerns about the specific part of the pandering law involved in the plea.
—Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 31 Oct. 2024
On a day when buzzy indie rock stars like Bakar sang karaoke with no band, and everyone pandered to this overrated city with fashion, Simpson just let that thang talk.
—Ramon Ramirez, Austin American-Statesman, 7 Oct. 2024
As with views of fascism, attitudes on the candidates' truth-telling, pandering and avoiding explanations are strongly tied to partisanship and ideology.
—Gary Langer, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Pander.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pander. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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pander
1 of 2 transitive verb
Dunigan Enterprises v. DA for the Northern District, 415 N.E.2d 251 (1981)State v. Tocco, 750 P.2d 874 (1988)pander
2 of 2 nounNoun
Middle English Pandare, character who procured for Troilus the love of Cressida in Troilus and Creseyde, poem by Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1342–1400)
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