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(1):

(v. t.) To subject to rack-rent, as a farm or tenant.

(2):

(n.) A rent of the full annual value of the tenement, or near it; an excessive or unreasonably high rent.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Rack-Rent'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/rack-rent.html. 1828.
 
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