absentee landlord
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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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
In early July, a little more than a week after the inspection, tenants held a rally and press conference where several detailed their poor living conditions and what they said was an absentee landlord.
From Salon • Nov. 26, 2018
Because of his lengthy absences - sometimes two or three months at a time - he is known by his critics as the "absentee landlord".
From BBC • Nov. 6, 2012
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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