gentrify
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gentrify/ˈʤentrɪfʌɪ/
▶verb (gentrifies, gentrifying, gentrified) renovate and improve (a house or district) so that it conforms to middle-class taste.
– derivatives
gentrification noun,
gentrifier noun.
gentrification noun,
gentrifier noun.
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