panders

plural of pander
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. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
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pimps
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  • Set after the attacks of October 7, Y (played with slapstick elasticity by poet and playwright Ariel Bronz) pimps himself out for wild, debaucherous parties while the world burns.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Oct. 2025

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“Panders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/panders. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.

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