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Pander
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pander vt
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: to sell or distribute by pandering [had no protected right to prurient materials "Dunigan Enterprises v. DA for the Northern District, 415 N.E.2d 251 (1981)"]
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: to engage in pandering [counts included…conspiracy to and receive the earnings of a prostitute "State v. Tocco, 750 P.2d 874 (1988)"]
n [Middle English Pandare, character who procured for Troilus the love of Cressida in Troilus and Creseyde, poem by Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1342-1400)]
: one who engages in pandering
: panderer
Source: Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law ©1996. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. Published under license with Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.