Wucherei — meaning in English
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English meaning
- usury noun The practice of lending money at an unfairly high, often illegal, rate of interest.
Senses
Wucherei is used for these senses in English:
- profiteering The act of making an unreasonable profit not justified by the corresponding assumption of risk, or by doing so unethically or opportunistically.
- usury (countable) An exorbitant rate of interest, in excess of any legal rates or at least immorally.
- usury (uncountable) The practice of lending money at such rates.