as in pimp
a man who solicits clients for a woman who is willing to engage in sexual activities for money
an arrest record that revealed that he had variously been a pander, a pickpocket, and a drug dealer
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pimp
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And then there’s also Sly Stone, the street cat, the hostler, the pimp, the conniver, sly as a fox and cold as a stone … that’s the strutter, the street dude who walks up there with that charisma that holds an audience captive, right?—
Timothy Crouse,
Rolling Stone,
9 June 2025 -
Roles on the frontier shifted constantly: Gunfighters became marshals, cowboys became killers, pimps became lawmen.—
Paul Begala,
New York Times,
31 May 2025
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“Pander.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pander. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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