usurier
French → English
noun//y.zy.ʁje//
(finance) usurer: a person who lends money at unreasonably high or illegal interest rates; loan shark
Il a dû emprunter de l'argent à un usurier car aucune banque ne l'aidait.
(English) He had to borrow money from a usurer because no bank would help him.
Les lois modernes interdisent aux usuriers de pratiquer des taux excessifs.
(English) Modern laws prohibit usurers from charging excessive rates.
Entry ID: fr:en:usurier · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary