as in pimps
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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Recent Examples of panders
Like, a big section — the film panders to a very specific section of my dad’s fandom that still lives in the fantasy.
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
The new menu panders to ladies who lunch.
—Mackenzie Chung Fegan, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 June 2024
Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
The new menu panders to ladies who lunch.
—Mackenzie Chung Fegan, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 June 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for panders
pimps
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Sure enough, a few pimps named Delicious and Suede stop by.—
Andy Hoglund,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Apr. 2026
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Often, officials said, pimps and predators are looking for young, vulnerable people in order to exploit them.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Panders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/panders. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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