rent strike in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for rent strike in the English»Spanish Dictionary

rend <pt & pp rent> [Am rɛnd, Brit rɛnd] VB trans arch or liter

I.rent1 [Am rɛnt, Brit rɛnt] N U or C

II.rent1 [Am rɛnt, Brit rɛnt] VB trans

3. rent → rent out

III.rent1 [Am rɛnt, Brit rɛnt] VB intr

See also rent out

rent2 [Am rɛnt, Brit rɛnt] N liter (tear, rip)

I.strike <pt & pp struck> [Am straɪk, Brit strʌɪk] VB trans

1.1. strike (hit):

II.strike <pt & pp struck> [Am straɪk, Brit strʌɪk] VB intr

III.strike [Am straɪk, Brit strʌɪk] N

1. strike (stoppage):

paro m esp LatAm
estar en or de paro esp LatAm
ir al paro esp LatAm
carnerear RioPl inf, pej

See also strike off

rent strike in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for rent strike in the English»Spanish Dictionary

rend <[or Am rended]> [rend] VB trans rent liter

I.strike [straɪk] struck Am: stricken, struck struck, struck N

II.strike [straɪk] struck Am: stricken, struck struck, struck VB trans

III.strike [straɪk] struck Am: stricken, struck struck, struck VB intr

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
It's a strategy reminiscent of the 1930s, when tenant rent strikes and armed farmers stopping foreclosure sales were common occurrences.
prospect.org
The protests included rent strikes and land occupations (which came to be known as land raids) by crofters, cottars and squatters.
en.wikipedia.org
It was also described as cruel, as new rent strikes would inevitably result in more evictions and boycotting as before, with all the associated intimidation and violence.
en.wikipedia.org
It tried to organise a national rent strike.
en.wikipedia.org
This also led to large-scale immigrant protest movements, from the migrant workers' rent strikes in the 1970s to the hunger strikes and occupations by second-generation immigrants in the 1980s.
www.spiked-online.com
A rent strike would deprive renters of their homes.
www.property118.com
Rent strikes often led to evictions.
en.wikipedia.org
Tenant farmers had started a rent strike against absentee landlords who cared little about their estates.
en.wikipedia.org
University students who launched a rent strike in protest at "exploitative" conditions in accommodation have said they have been instructed to pay their rent seven days early.
www.independent.co.uk
Much more similar action is needed before all the lost confidence can be restored and widespread rent strikes can once more be effectively campaigned for.
www.workersliberty.org

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