usurious
adjective
usu·ri·ous
| \ yu̇-ˈzhu̇r-ē-əs
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Definition of usurious
1
: practicing usury
2
: involving usury : of the character of usury
usurious interest rates
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The Amin government labeled them as usurpers of black Ugandans’ economic power, a foreign minority whose usurious self-interest ran against the majority. — Richard Vokes, Quartz Africa, "A recently discovered trove of photos shows life in Uganda during Idi Amin’s troubled reign," 30 June 2019 The Amin government labeled them as usurpers of black Ugandans’ economic power, a foreign minority whose usurious self-interest ran against the majority. — Richard Vokes, Quartz Africa, "A recently discovered trove of photos shows life in Uganda during Idi Amin’s troubled reign," 30 June 2019 But one consumer agency representative fought back by researching tribal law to release a borrower from a usurious payday loan. — Ed Leefeldt, CBS News, "Home and auto scams top list of consumer complaints in 2018," 30 July 2019 The Amin government labeled them as usurpers of black Ugandans’ economic power, a foreign minority whose usurious self-interest ran against the majority. — Richard Vokes, Quartz Africa, "A recently discovered trove of photos shows life in Uganda during Idi Amin’s troubled reign," 30 June 2019 The Amin government labeled them as usurpers of black Ugandans’ economic power, a foreign minority whose usurious self-interest ran against the majority. — Richard Vokes, Quartz Africa, "A recently discovered trove of photos shows life in Uganda during Idi Amin’s troubled reign," 30 June 2019 The Amin government labeled them as usurpers of black Ugandans’ economic power, a foreign minority whose usurious self-interest ran against the majority. — Richard Vokes, Quartz Africa, "A recently discovered trove of photos shows life in Uganda during Idi Amin’s troubled reign," 30 June 2019 The Amin government labeled them as usurpers of black Ugandans’ economic power, a foreign minority whose usurious self-interest ran against the majority. — Richard Vokes, The Conversation, "Thousands of recently discovered photographs document life in Uganda during Idi Amin’s reign," 25 June 2019 Many of the failing institutions sank the money into speculative investments during a real estate bubble, lent to well-connected friends or charged usurious interest rates to desperate borrowers. — Thomas Erdbrink, David D. Kirkpatrick And Nilo Tabrizy, New York Times, "How Corruption and Cronyism in Banking Fueled Iran’s Protests," 20 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'usurious.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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usurious
adjective
usu·ri·ous
| \ yu̇-ˈzhu̇r-ē-əs
\
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Legal Definition of usurious
1
: practicing usury
2
: involving usury
usurious interest