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usury

[yoo-zhuh-ree] / ˈju ʒə ri /
NOUN
lending money at a high interest rate
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Usury leads to concentrations of wealth, until an economy collapses or there is a debt forgiveness.

From Economist • Dec. 18, 2013

The titles are good: Sly Winking Usury is one, This is True Muscle Suicide is another.

From The Guardian • Feb. 13, 2013

Reply Report Abuse Posted By: olderwiser @ 12/26/2009 10:49:34 AM Usury is a monetary disease which can infect a currency much as a virus infects one's body.

From Newsweek • Dec. 17, 2009

Usury laws in two dozen states limit interest rates to below 13%.

From Time Magazine Archive

The English Usurer: or, Usury Condemned by the most learned and famous Divines of the Church of England.

From Letters to the Clergy On The Lord's Prayer and the Church by Ruskin, John



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