To obtain persons, esp. women, for the purpose of prostitution
To fill (a hole) tightly with or as if with a plug; stop up.
To influence the outcome or actions of (something) by improper or unlawful means:
To fix or direct steadily:
To fasten with battens
To make certain; ensure:
To make sure or certain; guarantee; ensure
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To assume responsibility for the quality or performance of:
The definition of tighten is to make something more fixed in place, more constricted, or more snug.
To protect, to defend.
The definition of obtain is to get or acquire.
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To keep fixed, motionless, or intent:
To make fast (a vessel, for example) by means of cables, anchors, or lines:
To invest (funds) in such a way that they cannot easily be converted into cash.
Land is defined as to bring something back to earth or to shore, or to achieve something or get something.
To promise to make good another’s financial loss or liability resulting from a particular event or contingency.
Guard is defined as to keep safe, protect or cover.
Get is defined as to receive.
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To get by labor; earn
To guard from attack; keep from harm or danger; protect
To constrain is to impose limitations or restrictions on someone or something, or to force yourself or someone else to act in a certain way.
Clasp means to hold or grip tightly, or attach two or more things together.
Cement means to join together or cover with a binding agent, particularly a substance made of burned lime, clay, sand and water.
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(Archaic) To make fast (a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something.
To keep from drifting, giving way, etc., by or as by an anchor
To get by one's own efforts:
Grasp is defined as to have a firm hold on something.
To gain with effort or despite difficulty; reach:
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To resolve or bring into accord
To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to render quiet; to still; to calm; to compose.
Trigger is defined as to fire a gun or to start a series of events or emotions.
To be the occasion of; give occasion to; cause
To bring into existence by shaping, modifying, or putting together material; construct:
Induce is defined as to cause something to happen or lead to some action.
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To bring into being; cause to be
To effectuate is to make something happen.
To bring about; make happen; cause or accomplish:
To be the cause of; bring about; make happen; effect, induce, produce, compel, etc.
Bag is to move something into a sack.
To subtract:
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To get or bring in as a net; clear as profit, etc.
To take or get passively; incur or contract without intention, as by exposure
To remove or take control of an opponent’s piece in a game (e.g., chess, go, checkers).
To get by effort, labor, struggle, etc.
(Informal) To make certain; secure or guarantee:
To guarantee to (the purchaser) that goods sold are as represented
Couple means to link together or to pair up.
To associate or consider as related:
To cut, cut off, or cut out with or as if with shears:
The definition of affix is to attach something.
To ward off. Often used with off:
To guard; protect.
To keep from injury, peril, or harm; protect.
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unfastens (antonym)
To open or make loose; untie, unlock, undo, etc.
hurts (antonym)
To undermine, impede, or damage.
injures (antonym)
To cause physical harm to; hurt:
harms (antonym)
To do harm to; hurt, damage, etc.
endangers (antonym)
To expose to harm or danger; imperil.
forfeits (antonym)
To forfeit is to give something up or have something taken away, often as a penalty for doing something wrong or in order to make something else possible.
loses (antonym)
To wander from or become ignorant of:
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loosens (antonym)
To make looser or less tight:
detaches (antonym)
To separate or unfasten; disconnect:
starts (related)
To make or have a beginning; commence
keeps (related)
To continue to do:
assembles (related)
To put together.
moves (related)
To stir the emotions:
Find another word for secures. In this page you can discover 79 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for secures, like: procures, plugs, fixes, fastens, battens, assures, insures, ensures, guarantees, tightens and ties.
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