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n

An unlawful discrimination in granting credit practiced by some financial institutions, based upon the prospective borrower’s living in a so-called “undesirable” or “bad” neighborhood.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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