Usury

Noun

 * 1)  An exorbitant rate of interest, in excess of any legal rates or at least immorally.
 * 2)  The practice of lending money at such rates.
 * 3)   The practice of lending money at interest.

Related terms

 * usurer
 * usuress
 * usurial
 * usurious, usuriously, usuriousness

Thesaurus
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