Verb

Definition: to change (a place, such as an old neighborhood) by improving it and making it more appealing to people who have money

This is a word that I found in the reading “Who Knows Brooklyn?”

In the reading, I didn’t know what Merlis said by he doesn’t “do neighborhoods that aren’t, like, all gentrified…” I didn’t know what he meant until now.

Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gentrify