Meaning & use
usurious
Charging an illegally or unethically high rate of interest on a loan.
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The loan shark's usurious rates trapped borrowers in debt for years.
Regulators shut down the lender after discovering its usurious contracts with desperate clients.
A note on using this word
Usurious is a strong, disapproving word, almost always used to criticize lending practices as unfair or predatory.
Words with a similar meaning
extortionateexploitative
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