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When people make money off the suffering of others. They give faint hope to others and for that faint hope of improving their situation, they most likely wreck their entire life.
Giving usurious loans to students who never be able to pay back the loans. Charging interest on it and also never being able to get out of it even by bankruptcy or the most dire life threatening situations. The goverment commits usury by borrowing from middle class citizens and lending it to corporations who give the money to the extremely rich and powerful.
usury by Nevamind March 23, 2010
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Charging an exorbitent interest rate for borrowed money. Considered a criminal act in many countries.
Chase Bank recently raised it's interest rate on credit cards to 32.24%. This is usury at its finest.
usury by Mark275 March 23, 2007
Word of the Day on July 21, 2019
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An answer to usury is lending circles. These have a long history in various countries. The non-profit Mission Asset Fund introduces them in the USA and take it one step further in that members of the lending circle are able to boost their credit scores. Each member will, for example, put $100 in the shared pot monthly. Then, after ten months that person will get $1000 with no interest rate. Their monthly contributions will be reported to a credit bureau to enhance their credit score.
Pay day loans are criminal. Usury! I’m going to join a lending circle instead.
Usury by anonymous July 23, 2019
the illegal action or practice of lending money at unreasonably high rates of interest. Or borrowing repeated money from close friends without paying interest ie:Randy Furnia from Philip Volk.
Phil Volk continues the usury of borrowing money from Randy without paying an interest fee for the borrowed money.
Usury by Yessir100% December 22, 2020
War Hammer TItan: ''Usurper , Eren Jaeger. Do you have any last words?
Usurper by Commander Magath January 18, 2021

Usuratonkachi

Usuratonkachi means thin hammer so basically it means Useless
kono usuratonkachi "you are useless"
Usuratonkachi by sonicflames November 17, 2007
"You were never one of us"
"You are nothing but a usurper... a false idol"
Usurper by Doom slayer 726 December 20, 2021
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