Usurious
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Those who are willing to engage often demand steep risk premiums that dramatically increase the cost of capital, often to
usurious
levels.
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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.
Although it surrendered control of its gas pipelines to Gazprom, it is still charged a
usurious
price in the face of Russian demands that it, too, join the customs union.
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