プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
じあげ【地上げ】
❶〔盛り土する〕地上げする build up the ground level with fill
❷〔更地を確保する〕
不動産屋がこの一画の地上げをしている
Land brokers are driving the inhabitants out of this area by force and buying up the land.
地上げ屋
a land shark; a speculator who uses strong arm methods to buy up small parcels of land, driving out tenants, and then resells the land in a large block to a developer, usually at a tremendous profit