pander
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Is pander a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (by extension) One who ministers to the evil designs and passions of another.Examples: "Camillo was his helpe in this, his Pandar: There is a Plot against my Life, my Crowne; All's true that is mistrusted: that false Villaine, Whom I employ'd, was pre-emplot'd"; "Those wicked panders to avarice and ambition."; "Two small Hindu boys were waiting for me outside—small for their years (about fourteen) but infinitely worldly-wise. Hindu boys are, first, panders, and second, remarkably skillful and pertinacious beggars."broadly
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To tempt with, to appeal or cater to (improper motivations, etc.); to assist in gratification.Examples: "His latest speech panders to the worst instincts of the electorate."; "[...] both the Conservatives and Labour are guilty of pandering to the road lobby at the time of Beeching's The Reshaping of Britain's Railways report published in 1963."Synonyms: pamperintransitive
2. (transitive) To offer (something or someone) in order to tempt or appeal, especially to base or improper motivations.Examples: "Who knows what Brill really thought? But he pandered the rumor linking Spear to a whole string of dastardly deeds."transitive
3. (intransitive) To offer illicit sex with a third party; to pimp.Synonyms: prostituteintransitive
4. (transitive, obsolete) To act as a pander for (somebody).obsoletetransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary