pander
/ˈpændə/ verb C2- To tempt with, to appeal or cater to (improper motivations, etc.); to assist in gratification. · His latest speech panders to the worst instincts of the electorate.
- To offer (something or someone) in order to tempt or appeal, especially to base or improper motivations.
- To offer illicit sex with a third party; to pimp.
He/she/it panders · Past pandered · Past participle pandered · -ing form pandering
Verb forms
- Base form
- pander
- He/she/it
- panders
- Past
- pandered
- Past participle
- pandered
- -ing form
- pandering
From the library
Perhaps I have rather invited this persecution, since I have often had occasion to point out to him how superficial are his own accounts and to accuse him of pandering to popular taste instead of confining himself rigidly to facts and figures.
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