Usury synonyms

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robbery
The illegal stealing or taking of another’s property from that person or another by violence or by threat of violence; aggravated larceny. The personal threat of violence and implicit fear on the part of the victim are essential in order to distinguish robbery from burglary.
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stealing
(Uncountable) The action of the verb to steal.
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exploitation
The act of employing to the greatest possible advantage:
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lending at high interest
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theft (related)
Theft is defined as the act of stealing.
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simony (related)
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banking
Any transaction with a bank involving one's checking account, savings account, etc.
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polygamy (related)
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vigorish
A fee charged for the placement of bets by an illegal gambling broker or establishment.
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idolatry (related)
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Find another word for usury. In this page you can discover 10 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for usury, like: robbery, stealing, exploitation, lending at high interest, theft, simony, banking, polygamy, vigorish and idolatry.
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Usury Sentence Examples

  • Meantime much evil arises from usury in the poorer districts.

  • Restrictions on their occupations were everywhere common, and as the Church forbade Christians to engage in usury, this was the only trade open to the Jews.

  • It is not unlike the procedure of the canonists and casuists of the middle ages with regard to the doctrine of usury, by which the doctrine was to all appearances preserved intact while in reality it was stripped of all its original meaning by innumerable distinctions " over-curious and precise."

  • But, as something can everywhere be made by the use of money, something ought everywhere to be paid for the use of it," and will in fact be paid for it; and the prohibition will only heighten the evil of usury by increasing the risk to the lender.

  • In 1818 a select committee of the House of Commons was appointed to consider the Usury Laws and in 1841 a similar committee of the House of Lords was appointed.

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