Definition of "slum" []

• A heavily populated urban area characterized by substandard housing and squalor. Often used in the plural. (noun)
• To visit impoverished areas or squalid locales, especially out of curiosity or for amusement. (verb-intransitive)
• Slum it To endure conditions or accommodations that are worse than what one is accustomed to. (idiom)

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• "In 2005, the Mugabe government launched what it called a slum clearance scheme, that bulldozed major shantytowns, brutally displacing hundreds of thousands of people."
• "In 2005, the Mugabe government launched what it called a slum clearance scheme that bulldozed major shanty towns, brutally displacing hundreds of thousands of people."
• "On the other hand, a good portion of the population seems to live in slum-like conditions and will for the foreseeable future."