rent strike

rent strike
a temporary, organized refusal by tenants, as of an apartment building, to pay their rent, as in protest over inadequate services.
[1960-65]

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  • rent strike — noun Date: 1964 a refusal by a group of tenants to pay rent (as in protest against high rates) …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • rent strike — noun (C) a time when all the people living in a group of houses or apartments refuse to pay their rent, as a protest against something …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • rent strike — An organized undertaking by tenants in which rent is withheld until grievances between landlord and tenants are settled …   Black's law dictionary

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