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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
Gary Langer, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024
Marketers should focus on providing clear and accurate information that empowers audiences to make informed decisions instead of pandering to them.
—Monica Alvarez-Mitchell, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
Politicians routinely pander to voters with ideas that sound appealing but are harmful in practice.
—Kristine Gill, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2024
So far, politicians haven’t had much reason to pander to the child-free; the group has been too fractured to be called a voting bloc.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Pander.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pander. Accessed 22 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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