Wucher — meaning in English

English meaning

• extortion noun The crime of getting money or property from someone by using threats, force, or intimidation.
• usury noun The practice of lending money at an unfairly high, often illegal, rate of interest.

Senses

Wucher is used for these senses in English:

• extortion The practice of extorting money or other property by the use of force or threats.
• price gouging act of or an instance of charging services or pricing goods at unreasonably high prices
• usury (countable) An exorbitant rate of interest, in excess of any legal rates or at least immorally.

Related German words