usurious

Definitions of "usurious"
  1. Lending money at an interest rate that is deemed excessively high or illegal
  2. The practice of charging an unlawfully high rate of interest for a loan
How to use "usurious" in a sentence
  1. The court ruled the loan agreement as usurious due to its unreasonably high interest rate.
  2. The attorney argued that the terms of the credit card were usurious and unfair to consumers.
  3. The legislation was introduced to protect borrowers from usurious lending practices.
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