: the act or an instance of pandering (see pander entry 1 sense 1) Calling congressional leaders babies … is a pander to public opinion rather than an attempt to inform or lead it. — Josh Benson

Pandering and fear-mongering are the main ingredients of his appeal to anxious voters. the act or practice of furnishing clients for a prostitute or supplying persons for illicit sex acts: Human …

PANDER TO SOMEONE/SOMETHING definition: 1. to do or provide exactly what a person or group wants, especially when it is not acceptable…. Learn more.

1. a person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sexual intercourse; procurer; pimp. 2. a person who caters to or profits from the weaknesses or vices of others. 3. …

Lead public taste rather than merely pander to its whims. If you pander to someone or to their wishes, you do everything that they want, often to get some advantage for yourself. He has …

To pander is to appease or gratify, and often in a negative, self-serving way.

The earliest known use of the adjective pandering is in the early 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for pandering is from 1603, in the writing of Thomas Dekker, playwright and pamphleteer. …

There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun pandering. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.