The word "procure" is correct and usable in written English. You can use it to mean "to get something with effort, especially by formal or legal means". For example: "He was able to procure a lawyer for his case.".
A nice young kid was out minding his own business, trying to buy some weed, only to be told that the sole way he could procure said weed was if he were to first "smash the face in" of some weedy kid for no reason.
Shortly thereafter, a salacious video for Miley Cyrus's Adore You materialised, in which the singer runs a sly hand down her body to signify that she too will procure her own pleasure – a routine she's also decided to play up on her current Bangerz tour.
"The vigilantes use shotguns and cartridges and have been short in supply, so the leader left yesterday for Maiduguri to procure more in the event of any attack," he told AFP. "But Boko Haram launched the attack while he was still in Maiduguri.
"I was advised by the Crown Solicitor, [Greg] Hollister-Jones, that he had reviewed the police file and the available evidence to support the charge of attempting to procure murder," Mabey's statement said.
But he pointed out: "The problem evidentially would be proving whether or not the person who approached individuals for money or loans actually had the power to procure the title.
The charge of attempting to procure murder against AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd has been dropped a day after he appeared in a New Zealand court.
The following extract of a letter in a Bremen paper, translated into the Leeds Mercury, accurately expresses the very general feeling in Germany on this subject:—"There is scarcely any country in the world that possesses such a power as Germany to procure a great sale of the products of its industry.
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