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usury definition - legal

n

Archaic

  1. Charging interest on borrowed money.
  2. The charging of an illegally high rate of return, typical of a loan shark.
  3. An illegally high interest rate.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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