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ghettoing

ghettoing is the present participle and gerund 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 ghettoing

What is ghettoing the present participle and gerund of?
Ghettoing is the present participle and gerund of ghetto.

Words near ghettoing in the dictionary

  1. ghettoblasters
  2. ghettoed
  3. ghettoes
  4. ghettoest
  5. ghettofabulous
  6. ghettoing
  7. ghettoisation
  8. ghettoise
  9. ghettoised
  10. ghettoises
  11. ghettoish

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