英语词汇rachmanism的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	rachmanism
词源	Rachmanism. The practice of driving out low-paying ten- ants by harassment in the manner of London landlord Peter Rachman (1920–62), a Polish immigrant whose ruthless prac- tices included the use of strong-arm thugs. This slum lord be- came notorious in the late 1950s and early 1960s before his death from a heart attack.
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