Verb (used with object), : to placate an outraged citizenry.    From Dictionary.com. 

That being said, I fell that Obama is trying to be Mr. Nice-guy where maybe what we need is someone who's selling point isn't being a placater.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hillary Has An Emotional Moment On Campaign Trail] Reference

"If all of them women were seen in the bank, then it don't appear we got a witness after all," the placater, waving his hands in front of the crowd, concluded.    From Wordnik.com.  [Come The Spring]

Why did anyone think Mallory--the consummate insider, placater and member of the new and improved "good new boy's club" see Good Ole Boy's Clubwould do anything different than past mayors to address real quality of life issues?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Unite Cincinnati Will Fight Weed Law!] Reference

That's surprising, especially since you describe him as a placater.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

Are you a genteel placater of people or do you have a resilient thick hide and attitude of a.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cross Rhythms] Reference

But either way, placater or elitist, he has headed us down an evil road by deepening a war we couldn ` t afford eight years ago when it started and certainly can ` t afford after the Bush-Cheney fiasco in Iraq.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Student Operated Press] Reference

“If all of them women were seen in the bank, then it don’t appear we got a witness after all,” the placater, waving his hands in front of the crowd, concluded.    From Wordnik.com.  [Come the Spring] Reference

Be more "decisive" and "less of a pushover," and stop being a "placater".    From Wordnik.com.  [William J. Arnone: President Obama and 2012] Reference