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Rack-Rent
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A rent of the full annual value of the tenement, or near it; an excessive or unreasonably high rent. Blackstone.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To subject to rack-rent, as a farm or tenant.