The exploitation and intimidation of tenants by unscrupulous landlords.
〈英〉拉克曼式剥削(指房东对房客的肆意剥削和胁迫)
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Their housing policies mean that the provision of another yet basic human necessity is made entirely conditional upon the profit motive, encouraging the conditions for a new Rachmanism.
Origin
Named after Peter Rachman (1919–62), a London landlord whose practices became notorious in the early 1960s.