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Nov 29, 2009
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block•bust•ing



Pronunciation: (blok'bus"ting), [key]
n.
the profiteering practice by unscrupulous real-estate agents or speculators of reselling or renting homes that they obtain by inducing panic selling at prices below value, esp. by exploiting racial prejudices.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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