rack-rent

(răk'rĕnt')
n.
Exorbitant rent.

tr.v., -rent·ed, -rent·ing, -rents.
To exact exorbitant rent for or from.

[From RACK¹.]

rack-renter rack'-rent'er n.

(also rack rent or rackrent) a rent equal or nearly equal to the full annual value of the property: an excessive or unreasonably high rent; spec. in English law, a rent of at least two thirds of the annual value of the property

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: an extortionate rent

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