rent-a-

prefix

1. denoting a rental service
2. derogatory.
   denoting a person or group that performs a function as if hired from a rental service

   rent-a-mob

Example Sentences

After the man was gone, Beatrice whispered: “Rent-a- cop.”

From Literature

Dollar Dreams hawks hair brushes and toilet paper next to a Rent-A- Center Inc. store, the largest rent-to-own company in an industry whose payment plans for people with bad credit can inflate prices of laptop computers and washing machines by more than 300 percent, according to a Consumer Reports study.

From BusinessWeek