moneylender

Example Sentences

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Shocked by their beloved aunt’s death, they must come together for the raucous funeral to honor Cambotown’s biggest moneylender.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2023

In a sense you could see all of those pamphlets explaining the system as a way of saying, it's not just the moneylender who's responsible for all your woes.

From Salon • Sep. 14, 2023

Research also suggests that clients were more likely than the average person to have been refused credit elsewhere before turning to an illegal moneylender.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2023

When Shylock, the Jewish moneylender of Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice,” makes the case for his humanity, he poses a rhetorical question: “If you prick us, do we not bleed?”

From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2017

“You can take this to any moneylender on either side of the river,” she said cheerfully as she handed it to me.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss