Engage
Engage verb - To provide with a paying job.
Usage example: the wealthy couple are looking to engage a handyman to take care of the estate
Pay
Pay verb - To provide with a paying job.
Usage example: pay someone to mow the lawn for the summer
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Street doctors have been known to engage in Organ Theft as well, including patients who can't pay their medical bills.
Source: Organ Theft -
Attackers can engage anything, but pay for it as they are usually slower than fighters, but lack the armor of a bomber.
Source: Video Game / War Thunder -
Pay Evil unto Evil: Much like in the previous book, The Campus some times uses tools and methods that are considered by some to be "evil" against those who would engage in terrorism.
Source: Literature / Dead or Alive
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