Usurious
in example sentence
To stay above water, many Americans borrowed from banks at
usurious
interest rates.
More example sentences with word usurious
Those who are willing to engage often demand steep risk premiums that dramatically increase the cost of capital, often to
usurious
levels.
Banks and insurance companies are to be avoided, on the theory that their activities are
usurious
and thus prohibited.
The Andhra Pradesh administration accused the industry of charging
usurious
interest rates, urging the gullible poor to over-borrow, and then driving some delinquent borrowers to commit suicide.
But in the borrower’s view it is
usurious
– taking advantage of the borrower’s desperation.
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