scavenger sale

English

Noun

scavenger sale (plural scavenger sales)

  1. (real estate) The sale of a property whose previous tenants were ejected for not paying rent.
    • 1947, Reports of the Tax Court of the United States, volume 8, page 906:
      The remaining lots were subsequently lost on scavenger sales because of some $140,000 in delinquent taxes.
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