redlining

redlining
/red"luy'ning/, n.
a discriminatory practice by which banks, insurance companies, etc., refuse or limit loans, mortgages, insurance, etc., within specific geographic areas, esp. inner-city neighborhoods.
Also, red-lining.
[REDLINE + -ING1, as if banks, insurance companies, etc., had outlined such areas in red on a map]

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