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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Acting as a pimp or engaging in certain forms of solicitation would remain criminal offenses.—
The Denver Post,
Denver Post,
21 Feb. 2026 -
The pimp-in-chief was Ghislaine Maxwell, but the files suggest there were others, from the model agency boss Jean-Luc Brunel, who killed himself in jail, to the late socialite Annabelle Neilson.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Pander.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pander. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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