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noun
The exploitation of tenants of slum properties by unscrupulous landlords; the practice of charging extortionate rents for inferior properties, especially to poor, disadvantaged or immigrant tenants.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, uncountable
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History
From Rachman + -ism. Named after Polish landlord Peter Rachman, accused of being unscrupulous over his vulnerable tenants
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