Procuring

They've been sentenced for procuring.

A glance at his daughter reminded him of the necessity of procuring her assistance.

The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is procuring a fleet of new aircraft it hopes will have the record desert locust swarms that have plagued East Africa under control by the end of the year.

The task, although rather arduous, was not displeasing to me, for a residence of several years in Egypt had rendered me tolerably proficient in the Arabic language and colloquial dialect, and my prior travels in various parts of the Sudan had made me familiar with the habits of the natives, besides procuring me the acquaintance of many merchants from the more distant provinces.

Procurings of unginned cotton by December 1 were reported to have amounted to 9,833,000 bales or the equivalent of 3,048,000 bales of ginned cotton of approximately 478 pounds net.