Usually means: Gaining wealth without creating value.
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  1. Rent-Seeking, rent-seeking: Wordnik
  2. rent-seeking: Wiktionary
  3. rent-seeking: Dictionary.com
  4. Rent-seeking: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. rent-seeking: Glossary of research economics
  2. Rent-Seeking: Investopedia

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  1. rent-seeking: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (rent-seeking)

noun:  (economics) The attempt to profit by manipulating the economic or political environment, for example, by seeking governmental action that restricts entry into a market.
noun:  The effort to increase one's share of wealth without doing something productive or adding value.

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