rent strike

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noun

a temporary, organized refusal by tenants, as of an apartment building, to pay their rent, as in protest over inadequate services.

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Origin of rent strike

First recorded in 1960–65

Words nearby rent strike

rent party, rent-roll, rent seck, rent-seeking, rent-stabilized, rent strike, rent table, renunciate, renunciation, renversé, renvoi

How to use rent strike in a sentence

They are organizing rent strikes, making sure tenants know about the rights they still have under state and local laws and advancing legislation to expand access to affordable housing.
The Supreme Court ended the eviction ban but not the fight against evictions|Maia Silber|September 9, 2021|Washington Post
The influential al Qaeda propagandist, who was born in New Mexico, died in a U.S. drone strike later that year.
France Kills Charlie Hebdo Murderers|Nico Hines|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Should lightning strike and Hillary Clinton forgoes a presidential run, Democrats have a nominee in waiting.
Sen. Warren’s Main Street Crusade to Pressure Clinton|Eleanor Clift|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
A senior Iranian official in Pakistan later confirmed the strike took place, declining to elaborate.
The Dangerous Drug-Funded Secret War Between Iran and Pakistan|Umar Farooq|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Saleem believes that the strike came from a nearby airbase across the Iranian border.
The Dangerous Drug-Funded Secret War Between Iran and Pakistan|Umar Farooq|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Leave it to Katniss to cut through a story with one perfectly aimed strike.
Jennifer Lawrence’s Righteous Fury Says Everything We Wanted to Say|Kevin O’Keeffe|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The heir apparent and his brothers were cowering in fear, afraid to strike, yet hoping that others would strike for them.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
Rent, the share of the land-owner, offered to the classicist a rather peculiar case.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
A fourth lives upon rent, dozing in his chair, and neither toils nor spins.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
On this the royal band of music would strike up its liveliest airs, and a great bell would toll its evening warning.
Our Little Korean Cousin|H. Lee M. Pike
You may have similar qualms over rent and the rightness and wrongness of it.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock