Employ
Employ verb - To provide with a paying job.
Join
Join verb - To be adjacent to.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- The Stations of the Canon: Completely blown apart - the Land of Waves Arc never even happens because due to Naruto helping La Résistance in Kiri, Zabuza decides to leave Gatou's employ and join up.
Source: Fan Fic / Cutting Loose - This leads him to the employ of various shady characters until his sister drags him away to join the Greil Mercenaries.
Source: Trapped by Gambling Debts - Several of the various Alternate Continuities of Captain Harlock have the Big Bads employ conquered races in their forces; Harlock himself is sometimes turning his back on a homeworld all too eager to join the ranks of the Battle Thralls that helped conquer it.
Source: Battle Thralls
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