usury
noun/ˈjuːʒəri/
/ˈjuːʒəri/
[uncountable] (formal, disapproving)- the practice of lending money to people at unfairly high rates of interestWord OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French usurie, or from medieval Latin usuria, from Latin usura, from usus ‘a use’, from uti ‘to use’.
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