单词 | procurer |
释义 | procurer/prəˈkjʊərə![]() noun 1A person who obtains a prostitute for another person.Nor were women the only targets of these deportations: men believed to be involved as procurers or associates of prostitutes were also excluded....
2 Law A person who causes someone to do something or something to happen.The procurer must be able to be shown to have acted with knowledge of the contract, and with the intention to interfere with the claimant's contractual rights....
OriginLate Middle English (denoting a steward): from Anglo-Norman French procurour, from Latin procurator (see procurator). Sense 1 dates from the mid 17th century. Rhymes |
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