procured
Acquired with effort
Procured is the past tense of procure, meaning to obtain something, often with effort or through official channels.
The word carries a formal or bureaucratic tone: The company procured the necessary permits.
In legal contexts, to procure can mean to arrange for prostitution, giving the word a seedy undertone in some uses.
Came into possession
- purchasedAcquired through payment
- boughtObtained through payment
- sourcedFound and acquired
- requisitionedFormally demanded for use
ordered · supplied · acquired · secured · gathered · collected · garnered · amassed
Negotiated terms of exchange
- haggledNegotiated over price
- tradedExchanged for value
- dealtDistributed cards to players
- contractedReduced in size
brokered · arranged · lobbied · persuaded · convinced · networked · bartered · exchanged
Moved goods illegally
- traffickedTraded illegally
- fencedSurrounded by barriers
- bootleggedProduced or sold illegally
- piratedCopied without authorization
poached · laundered · bribed · black-market · contraband · under-the-table · back-channel · shady
obtained
Came into possession
requisitioned · ordered · supplied · acquired · secured · gathered · collected · garnered · amassed · received
bargained
Negotiated terms of exchange
contracted · brokered · arranged · lobbied · persuaded · convinced · networked · bartered · exchanged · mediated
smuggled
Moved goods illegally
- traffickedTraded illegally
- fencedSurrounded by barriers
- bootleggedProduced or sold illegally
pirated · poached · laundered · bribed · black-market · contraband · under-the-table · back-channel · shady · illicitly
struggled
Exerted with difficulty
- endeavoredTried with determination
- toiledExerted oneself strenuously
- laboredRequiring great exertion
worked · strived · persevered · hustled · scraped · scrambled · searched · hunted · sought · tracked
procuredstumbled upon
Found unexpectedly
happened upon · chanced upon · came across · inherited · encountered
procuredlost
Unable to navigate
forfeited · surrendered · relinquished · let slip · squandered
procureddispensed
Gave out portions
distributed · supplied · gave away · surrendered · relinquished
- military procurementPurchasing for armed forces
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