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procurer

procurer

1 9.8
A person who finds clients for prostitutes
  • noun
  • /prəˈkjʊrər/
  • Offensive
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  • The government has been completely unwilling to prosecute the procurers and the perpetrators and the Jeffrey Epstein network.

So you could have done that with all these procurers, which are essentially pimps.

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Examples

  • Alex Epstein's procurer and and he also represented El Chapo the the drug cartel leader.

  • "Bookmaker, gambler, procurer. No known legitimate occupation."

  • So you could have done that with all these procurers, which are essentially pimps.

  • So so basically he became this paedophile fucking pimp procurer of children for the for the global elite.

  • Not just the chief procurer and Co conspirator but also someone who participated in assaulting the kids.

  • Of course, he is not a producer but a procurer of women, and he lures her to a wild Hollywood party under the false pretenses of meeting a director, who turns out to be but a mere camera assistant.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Further rumors emerging from the never-ending trial of David Simelane, a noted procurer of victims, have it that Saudi Arabia is one destination for body parts retrieved from those sacrificed.

    Blog text (14)
  • From a quick perusal of the first, the three of us decided that it was a listing of prominent procurers, bawds, whoremasters, and houses of licentious entertainment.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • At home, he was surprised to learn that the hero of the video they had rented was a young Peter Lawford—in later life, apparently, a stooge for Frank Sinatra and a procurer for President Kennedy.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • The police arrested a known procurer who was attempting to recruit new clients for the prostitutes on the street.

Synonyms

pimp
vsprocurer
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203 9.5

A person who controls prostitutes and takes some of their money

is limited to obtaining clients rather than controlling workers or sharing pay
pander
vsprocurer
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3 9.8

A person who finds customers for prostitutes

focuses on client-finding rather than broader control or profit share
whoremaster
vsprocurer
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A man who finds and controls people who sell sex and takes their money

is the standard modern term not marked as archaic or offensive
panderer
vsprocurer
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1 9.9

A person who finds clients for people who sell sex

is the neutral everyday term rather than formal or literary
whoremonger
vsprocurer
  • NSFW
1 9.9

A man who finds customers for prostitutes and keeps their money

is restricted to obtaining clients rather than general frequent dealings
procuress
vsprocurer
  • Offensive
9.9

A woman who finds clients for prostitutes

is the gender-neutral term used for the same role
pandar
vsprocurer
  • NSFW
9.9

A person who finds clients for prostitutes

is the common modern term rather than an old or literary word
ponce
vsprocurer
  • NSFW
9.9

A man who controls people who sell sex and takes their money

is the neutral, non-slang term rather than colloquial or regional
fancy man
vsprocurer
  • Offensive
9.9

A man who finds customers for prostitutes and takes their money

focuses on finding clients rather than living off another's earnings

Surface Forms

procurer singular
procurers plural

Morphology

procurer = procure (semi-transparent) = procure + er

The formation is agentive, but the specific sense 'one who procures prostitutes/clients' is a specialized, culturally and morally marked extension not predictable for all learners.

Etymology

Procurer comes from the same parts pro- 'for' and curare 'to take care of', but later had a different use. Because it can mean 'one who gets things for others', it also came to mean a person who arranges clients for sex workers, which is why it can mean a 'pimp' today.