From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpanderpan‧der /ˈpændə $ -ər/ verb → pander to somebody/something→ See Verb table
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pander• You don't educate or create a market; you simply pander to an existing one.• Moreover, an obsessive focus on Caravaggio panders to fashion and is a gross distortion of history.• They travelled extensively, but he had to pander to her every whim.• It should not be thought of as merely useful, however, as though it only pandered to psychological needs or desires.• Vincenzo Giuliani felt no need whatsoever to pander to that illusion.• I think the party is inexcusably pandering to the senior citizens.Origin pander (1600-1700) pander “someone who finds lovers for others” ((14-20 centuries)), from Pandarus man in an ancient Greek story who acted as a messenger between lovers