blockbusting
block·bust·ing
noun \-tiŋ\Definition of BLOCKBUSTING
: profiteering by inducing property owners to sell hastily and often at a loss by appeals to fears of depressed values because of threatened minority encroachment and then reselling at inflated prices
First Known Use of BLOCKBUSTING
1954
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