scavenger sale

noun

The sale of a property whose previous tenants were ejected for not paying rent.

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Meanings

nounscavenger sale (plural scavenger sales)

plural scavenger sales

  1. businessThe sale of a property whose previous tenants were ejected for not paying rent.

    The remaining lots were subsequently lost on scavenger sales because of some $140,000 in delinquent taxes.

    1947, Reports of the Tax Court of the United States, volume 8, page 906
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