absentee landlord
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The idea of evictions and lack of access to housing is particularly resonant, Mr. Doyle said, because of Ireland’s centuries under British rule, during which the callous absentee landlord became a byword for oppression.
From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2024
Critics have described him as an absentee landlord, but he also became an accidental landlord.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2023
City officials even went to the trouble of serving an absentee landlord in Israel.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 6, 2021
Some absentee landlord still hasn’t removed a mattress dumped in front of a burned-out townhouse on Hebron Avenue.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 13, 2020
Do you mean to say old Jack is doing the absentee landlord altogether?
From At Large by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
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