pandering

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to do or provide exactly what a person or group wants, especially when it is not acceptable, reasonable, or approved of, usually in order to get some personal advantage:

It's not good the way she panders to his every whim.

Political leaders almost inevitably pander to big business.

to please other people by doing or saying what you think they want you to do or say:

She accused the other candidate of pandering to radical environmental groups.