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ghettoed

ghettoed is the simple past and past participle of ghetto.

Meaning of ghetto

Verb

ghetto (third-person singular simple present ghettoes, present participle ghettoing, simple past and past participle ghettoed)

  1. (transitive) To confine (a specified group of people) to a ghetto.
    • This is, in brief, a part of the story of the ghettoing of a large segment of Denver's Negro population.1964, James A. Atkins, The age of Jim Crow, page 274

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Questions about ghettoed

What is ghettoed the simple past and past participle of?
Ghettoed is the simple past and past participle of ghetto.

Words near ghettoed in the dictionary

  1. ghetto pass
  2. ghetto passes
  3. ghetto-fabulous
  4. ghettoblaster
  5. ghettoblasters
  6. ghettoed
  7. ghettoes
  8. ghettoest
  9. ghettofabulous
  10. ghettoing
  11. ghettoisation

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