scavenger sale
English
Noun
scavenger sale (plural scavenger sales)
- (real estate) The sale of a property whose previous tenants were ejected for not paying rent.
- 1947, Reports of the Tax Court of the United States (volume 8, page 906)
- The remaining lots were subsequently lost on scavenger sales because of some $140,000 in delinquent taxes.
- 1947, Reports of the Tax Court of the United States (volume 8, page 906)