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moneylender

[muhn-ee-len-der] / ˈmʌn iˌlɛn dər /




NOUN
loan shark
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In need of money, he probably used it as security for a loan in 1348 from Muscho, a moneylender, one of the few occupations then permitted for Jews.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

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

"But what I would say to people is that no matter how difficult it is, please don't use a local moneylender, because it really is jumping out of the frying pan into the fire."

From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2022

“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


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