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Answer : USURER
usurer, loan shark, moneylender, shylock – n
someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
Usury is the practice of making unethical or immoral monetary loans that unfairly enrich the lender. The term may be used in a moral sense—condemning, taking advantage of others’ misfortunes—or in a legal sense, where an interest rate is charged in excess of the maximum rate that is allowed by law. A loan may be considered usurious because of excessive or abusive interest rates or other factors defined by the laws of a state. Someone who practices usury can be called an usurer, but in modern colloquial English may be called a loan shark.
In many historical societies including ancient Christian, Jewish, and Islamic societies, usury meant the charging of interest of any kind was considered wrong, or was made illegal.
ETYMOLOGY
late 13c., “one who lends money at interest,” but later especially “one who lends money at an exorbitant rate of interest,” from Anglo-French usurer, Old French usurier, usureor, from Medieval Latin usurarius “money-lender, usurer,” from Latin usurarius (adj.) “pertaining to interest; that pays interest,”
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