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blockbusting

 [blok-buhs-ting]  

block·bust·ing

   [blok-buhs-ting]
noun
the profiteering practice by unscrupulous real-estate agents or speculators of reselling or renting homes that they obtain by inducing panic selling at prices below value, especially by exploiting racial prejudices.
Origin:
1940–45; block + bust2 + -ing1

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block·bust

   [blok-buhst]
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
to subject or be subjected to blockbusting: Developers blockbusted in order to buy up the entire area.
Origin:
Americanism; by back formation from blockbuster or blockbusting
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blockbusting (ˈblɒkˌbʌstɪŋ)
 
—n
informal (US) the act or practice of inducing the sale of property cheaply by exploiting the owners' fears of lower prices if racial minorities live in the area

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