rent-rackern.

Brit.

/ˈrɛntˌrakə/, U.S.

/ˈrɛntˌrækər/

Forms: see rent n.¹ and racker n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rent n.¹, racker n.¹

Etymology: < rent n.¹ + racker n.¹ Compare later rent-rack v., rent-racked adj., rent-racking n., and rent-racking adj. Compare also later rack-renter n.

Now chiefly historical.

A person who imposes a rack rent on someone.

ΚΠ

1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Diiij^v Not roumerakers, nor rente rackers, Nor staynde with vices mo.

1574 R. Robinson Rewarde of Wickednesse sig. A4 Rent Rackers, that doe fleece the poore, and Baillifes false vntrue, With bragging Officers forgetting God, that Conscience bid adue.

1839 Northern Liberator 13 Dec. 5/5 The bloody Times, the organ of the circumcised swindlers, corn law rent rackers, and mammon-worshiping priesthood.

1958 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 19 406 The embodiment of the usurer, the hoarder, and the rent-racker.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rent-racker
释义	rent-rackern. Brit. /ˈrɛntˌrakə/, U.S. /ˈrɛntˌrækər/ Forms: see rent n.¹ and racker n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rent n.¹, racker n.¹ Etymology: < rent n.¹ + racker n.¹ Compare later rent-rack v., rent-racked adj., rent-racking n., and rent-racking adj. Compare also later rack-renter n. Now chiefly historical. A person who imposes a rack rent on someone. ΚΠ 1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Diiij^v Not roumerakers, nor rente rackers, Nor staynde with vices mo. 1574 R. Robinson Rewarde of Wickednesse sig. A4 Rent Rackers, that doe fleece the poore, and Baillifes false vntrue, With bragging Officers forgetting God, that Conscience bid adue. 1839 Northern Liberator 13 Dec. 5/5 The bloody Times, the organ of the circumcised swindlers, corn law rent rackers, and mammon-worshiping priesthood. 1958 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 19 406 The embodiment of the usurer, the hoarder, and the rent-racker. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1566
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