rack-rent

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Rack-rent \Rack"-rent`\ (r[a^]k"r[e^]nt`), n.
   A rent of the full annual value of the tenement, or near it;
   an excessive or unreasonably high rent. --Blackstone.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Rack-rent \Rack"-rent`\, v. t.
   To subject to rack-rent, as a farm or tenant.
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