destat (English, verb)
expansion: destat (third-person singular simple present destats, present participle destatting, simple past and past participle destatted)
Senses:
glosses: To encourage or harass statutory tenants into leaving (a building) so that it can be rented under less favourable terms.
tags: informal
rare
Forms:
form: destats
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: destatting
tags: participle
present
form: destatted
tags: participle
past
form: destatted
tags: past