red·lin·ing
| \ ˈred-ˌlī-niŋ \
Legal Definition of redlining
1
: the illegal practice of refusing to offer credit or insurance in a particular community on a discriminatory basis (as because of the race or ethnicity of its residents) — compare reverse redlining
2
: the practice of showing changes to a draft of a document by marking with red lines
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