rack-rented

past tense of rack-rent

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rack-rented
Verb
  • After being driven to San Diego, Williams was dropped off several houses from the home the family had rented, prosecutors said.
    Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2026
  • Town governments in the typically quaint suburbs of Foxboro and the surrounding area have hard regulations on short-term rentals, with most communities requiring properties to be rented out for at least 12 months.
    Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 8 June 2026
Verb
  • Prosecutors alleged Roberts knowingly lacked employment authorization for nearly all of his two-decade career in urban education and submitted a counterfeit Social Security card when he was hired as superintendent of the Des Moines public school district, which serves 30,000 students.
    Hannah Fingerhut, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
  • And yet, in the same window, my 50-person consulting firm hired its first full-stack software developer in January.
    Rob Collie, Fortune, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • Initial filings came from Piaggio owners who had leased their airplanes to Britton-Harr but had not been paid.
    Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
  • What if the two sections of corner-touching public land are leased by different entities?
    Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
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“Rack-rented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rack-rented. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.

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