usurer

noun

usu·rer ˈyü-zhər-ər

ˈyüzh-rər

: one that lends money especially at an exorbitant rate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web And so the stereotype of the Jewish usurer first appears. —

Sara Lipton, The New York Review of Books, 17 June 2019 On Cordray’s watch, the CFPB won more than $12 billion in settlements for the victims of usurers like this. —

Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 24 Jan. 2018 Jews never belong enough anywhere to avoid vilification as parasites, vultures, usurers and traitors. —

Roger Cohen, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2017

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