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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. An owner of slum property, especially one that overcharges tenants and allows the property to deteriorate.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A person who makes money by renting housing that is kept in poor condition.

Etymologies

  1. slum + (land)lord.

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  • oroboros See dilapidator. Aug 9, 2008

  • treeseed Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
    noun
    Etymology: slum + landlord
    Date: 1953
    : a landlord who receives unusually large profits from substandard properties Jan 30, 2008

‘slumlord’ has been looked up 676 times, added to 5 lists, commented on 2 times, and has a Scrabble score of 11.