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Noun: gombeen
Usage: Ireland
  1. The act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest
    - usury
     
  2. [Ireland, informal] A mean, corrupt person (esp. of a politician)

Derived forms: gombeens

Type of: lending, loaning

Encyclopedia: Gombeen

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