pander
pan·der / ˈpandər/ • v. [intr.] (pander to) gratify or indulge (an immoral or distasteful desire, need, or habit or a person with such a desire, etc.): newspapers are pandering to people's baser instincts.• n. dated a pimp. ∎ archaic a person who assists the baser urges or evil designs of others: the lowest panders of a venal press.
Pander
PANDER
To pimp; to cater to the gratification of the lust of another. To entice or procure a person, by promises, threats, fraud, or deception to enter any place in which prostitution is practiced for the purpose of prostitution.
Pandering is established when the evidence shows that the accused succeeded in inducing a victim to become an inmate of a house of prostitution. One who solicits for a prostitute is a panderer.
The pandering of obscenity refers to the business of purveying, by some form of advertising, pictorial or graphic material that appeals to the prurient interest of customers or potential customers.
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Hence vb. XVII.