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Noun: usurer  yoo-zhu-ru(r)
  1. Someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
    "The desperate borrower turned to a usurer as a last resort";
    - loan shark [informal], moneylender, shylock

Derived forms: usurers

Type of: lender, loaner, shark

Encyclopedia: Usurer