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engage
verb as in hire for job, use
Strong matches
appoint, bespeak, book, charter, commission, contract, enroll, ink, lease, place, prearrange, rent, reserve, retain, secure
Weak matches
bring on board, come on board, put on, sign on, sign up, take on, truck with
verb as in occupy oneself; engross
verb as in promise to marry
verb as in start a fight; attack
Weak matches
do battle with, fall on, give battle to, join battle with, take on
Example Sentences
Harrods said it would not engage with the "threat actor" and added the affected data, taken from a third-party provider, was limited to basic information and did not include passwords or payment details.
“What you’re seeing this week is just the beginning of what workers are prepared to engage in to finalize the contract. It should be taken very seriously by the company.”
The head of Indonesia's National Narcotics Agency recently warned of a growing problem with Russians and Ukrainians engaging in criminal activities in Bali.
This allows an officer to stop, question, search and detain a person at a port or the border area in the UK to determine if they have engaged in hostile activity.
In his plea agreement, he admitted the Mexican Mafia engaged in murder, kidnapping, extortion, robbery and witness tampering to “promote a climate of fear” within the jails.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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