"usury" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈjuːʒəɹi/ Audio: en-us-usury.ogg Forms: usuries [plural]
enPR: yo͞o'zhə-rē Etymology: From Middle English usurie, from Latin ūsūria, from ūsūra (“lending at interest, usury”) from ūsus (“use”), from stem of ūtī (“to use”). Compare usurp and use. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|usurie}} Middle English usurie, {{der|en|la|ūsūria}} Latin ūsūria Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} usury (countable and uncountable, plural usuries)
  1. (countable) An exorbitant rate of interest, in excess of any legal rates or at least immorally. Tags: countable Translations (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates): fajde [feminine] (Albanian), رِبَا (ribā) [masculine] (Arabic), վաշխ (vašx) (Armenian), працэ́нт (pracént) [masculine] (Belarusian), адсо́так (adsótak) [masculine] (Belarusian), ли́хва (líhva) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 高利 (gāolì) (Chinese Mandarin), лихва (lixva) [Cyrillic, feminine] (Church Slavic), lichva [feminine] (Czech), úžera [feminine] (Czech), åger [common-gender] (Danish), woekerrente [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), uzuro (Esperanto), okur [neuter] (Faroese), kiskurikorko (Finnish), usure [feminine] (French), მევახშური პროცენტი (mevaxšuri ṗrocenṭi) (Georgian), სამევახშეო პროცენტები (samevaxšeo ṗrocenṭebi) (Georgian), Wucher [masculine] (German), Wucherzins [masculine] (German), τοκογλυφία (tokoglyfía) [feminine] (Greek), uzsora (Hungarian), uzsorakamat (Hungarian), okur [neuter] (Icelandic), riba (Indonesian), 高利 (kōri) (alt: こうり) (Japanese), 고리 (gori) (alt: 高利) (Korean), ūsūra immodica [feminine] (Latin), лихва (lihva) [feminine] (Macedonian), whakatuputupu moni (Maori), åger [masculine, neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), مرابحه (murabaha) (Ottoman Turkish), lichwa [feminine] (Polish), usura [feminine] (Portuguese), camătă [feminine] (Romanian), uzură [dated, feminine] (Romanian), проце́нт (alt: ростовщический) [masculine] (Russian), лихва́ (lixvá) [archaic, feminine] (Russian), ли̏хва [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), lȉhva [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), úžera [feminine] (Slovak), usura [feminine] (Spanish), ocker [neuter] (Swedish), pasong (Tagalog), pamamasong (Tagalog), labis na patubo (Tagalog), murabaha (Turkish), відсо́ток (vidsótok) [masculine] (Ukrainian), проце́нт (procént) [masculine] (Ukrainian), лихва́ (lyxvá) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ли́хва (lýxva) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. (uncountable) The practice of lending money at such rates. Tags: uncountable
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  3. (uncountable, archaic or historical) The practice of lending money at interest. Tags: archaic, historical, uncountable
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  4. (uncountable, obsolete) Profit. Tags: obsolete, uncountable Categories (topical): Criminal law, Law
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: oker Hyponyms: payday loan Related terms: usurance, usurer, usuress, usurial, usurious, usuriously, usuriousness Translations (practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates): վաշխառություն (vašxaṙutʻyun) (Armenian), ліхвя́рства (lixvjárstva) [neuter] (Belarusian), лихва́рство (lihvárstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), lichva [feminine] (Czech), lichvářství [neuter] (Czech), úžernictví [neuter] (Czech), åger [common-gender] (Danish), woeker [masculine] (Dutch), koronkiskonta (Finnish), usure [feminine] (French), usura [feminine] (Galician), მევახშეობა (mevaxšeoba) (Georgian), Wucherei [feminine] (German), Zinswucher [masculine] (German), τοκογλυφία (tokoglyfía) [feminine] (Greek), uzsoráskodás (Hungarian), riba (Indonesian), 高利貸し (kōrigashi) (alt: こうりがし) (Japanese), 고리대금업 (goridaegeumeop) (alt: 高利貸金業) (Korean), ūsūra immodica [feminine] (Latin), лихварство (lihvarstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), лихварење (lihvarenje) [neuter] (Macedonian), åger [masculine, neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), wōcor [feminine] (Old English), feohgafol [neuter] (Old English), مرابحه (murabaha) (Ottoman Turkish), lichwiarstwo [neuter] (Polish), usura [feminine] (Portuguese), ростовщи́чество (rostovščíčestvo) [neuter] (Russian), kamatarenje [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), lihvarenje [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), úžerníctvo [neuter] (Slovak), oderuštvo [neuter] (Slovene), usura [feminine] (Spanish), ocker (Swedish), అన్యామైన వడ్డీ (anyāmaina vaḍḍī) (Telugu), faizcilik (Turkish), murabahacılık (Turkish), tefecilik (Turkish), лихва́рство (lyxvárstvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
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            "masculine"
          ],
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "_dis1": "88 4 2 6",
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          "sense": "exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "88 4 2 6",
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          "word": "riba"
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          "sense": "exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates",
          "word": "高利"
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gori",
          "sense": "exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates",
          "word": "고리"
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          "_dis1": "88 4 2 6",
          "code": "la",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ūsūra immodica"
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          "_dis1": "88 4 2 6",
          "code": "mk",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "_dis1": "88 4 2 6",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
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          "word": "whakatuputupu moni"
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          "_dis1": "88 4 2 6",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "åger"
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          "_dis1": "88 4 2 6",
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          "roman": "lixva",
          "sense": "exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates",
          "tags": [
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "лихва"
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        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 2 6",
          "code": "ota",
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          "sense": "exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates",
          "word": "مرابحه"
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lichwa"
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          "_dis1": "88 4 2 6",
          "code": "pt",
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          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "usura"
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          "word": "camătă"
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "uzură"
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          "sense": "exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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            "feminine"
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          "_dis1": "88 4 2 6",
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          "tags": [
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "ли̏хва"
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          "_dis1": "88 4 2 6",
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          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lȉhva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 2 6",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "úžera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 2 6",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "usura"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 2 6",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ocker"
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        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 2 6",
          "code": "tl",
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          "sense": "exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates",
          "word": "pasong"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 2 6",
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          "_dis1": "88 4 2 6",
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          "sense": "exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates",
          "word": "labis na patubo"
        },
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          "sense": "exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates",
          "word": "murabaha"
        },
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          "_dis1": "88 4 2 6",
          "code": "uk",
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          "roman": "vidsótok",
          "sense": "exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "відсо́ток"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 2 6",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "procént",
          "sense": "exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "проце́нт"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 2 6",
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          "roman": "lyxvá",
          "sense": "exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "лихва́"
        },
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          "roman": "lýxva",
          "sense": "exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        }
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          "text": "Then will we march to all thoſe Indian Mines,\nMy witleſſe brother to the Chriſtians loſt:\nAnd ranſome them with fame and vſurie.",
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      "_dis1": "7 47 42 4",
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "vašxaṙutʻyun",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "word": "վաշխառություն"
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      "roman": "lixvjárstva",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ліхвя́рства"
    },
    {
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      "roman": "lihvárstvo",
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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
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        "feminine"
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      "_dis1": "7 47 42 4",
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    {
      "_dis1": "7 47 42 4",
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      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "úžernictví"
    },
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      "_dis1": "7 47 42 4",
      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
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      "word": "åger"
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      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
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      ],
      "word": "woeker"
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      "_dis1": "7 47 42 4",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "word": "koronkiskonta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 47 42 4",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "usure"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 47 42 4",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "usura"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 47 42 4",
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mevaxšeoba",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "word": "მევახშეობა"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 47 42 4",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Wucherei"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 47 42 4",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zinswucher"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 47 42 4",
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "tokoglyfía",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "τοκογλυφία"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 47 42 4",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "word": "uzsoráskodás"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 47 42 4",
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "word": "riba"
    },
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      "_dis1": "7 47 42 4",
      "alt": "こうりがし",
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "kōrigashi",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "word": "高利貸し"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 47 42 4",
      "alt": "高利貸金業",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "goridaegeumeop",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "word": "고리대금업"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 47 42 4",
      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "ūsūra immodica"
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    {
      "_dis1": "7 47 42 4",
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        "neuter"
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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "лихварење"
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      "_dis1": "7 47 42 4",
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      ],
      "word": "åger"
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      "_dis1": "7 47 42 4",
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wōcor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 47 42 4",
      "code": "ang",
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      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "feohgafol"
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    {
      "_dis1": "7 47 42 4",
      "code": "ota",
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      "roman": "murabaha",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "word": "مرابحه"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 47 42 4",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lichwiarstwo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 47 42 4",
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "usura"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 47 42 4",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rostovščíčestvo",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ростовщи́чество"
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      "_dis1": "7 47 42 4",
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        "Roman"
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      "word": "kamatarenje"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 47 42 4",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "lihvarenje"
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    {
      "_dis1": "7 47 42 4",
      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "úžerníctvo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 47 42 4",
      "code": "sl",
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      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "oderuštvo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 47 42 4",
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "usura"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 47 42 4",
      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "word": "ocker"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 47 42 4",
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "anyāmaina vaḍḍī",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "word": "అన్యామైన వడ్డీ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 47 42 4",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
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      "code": "id",
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      "word": "고리"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "word": "лихва"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "проце́нт"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "tl",
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      "code": "hy",
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      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
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      "word": "ліхвя́рства"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "word": "лихва́рство"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "word": "lichva"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "úžernictví"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
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      "word": "åger"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "woeker"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "word": "koronkiskonta"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "usure"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "usura"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mevaxšeoba",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "word": "მევახშეობა"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Wucherei"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Zinswucher"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "tokoglyfía",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "τοκογλυφία"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "word": "uzsoráskodás"
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    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "word": "riba"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こうりがし",
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      "roman": "kōrigashi",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "word": "高利貸し"
    },
    {
      "alt": "高利貸金業",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "goridaegeumeop",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "word": "고리대금업"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ūsūra immodica"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "lihvarstvo",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "лихварство"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "lihvarenje",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "лихварење"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "åger"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wōcor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "feohgafol"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "murabaha",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "word": "مرابحه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lichwiarstwo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "usura"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rostovščíčestvo",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ростовщи́чество"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "kamatarenje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "lihvarenje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "úžerníctvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "oderuštvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "usura"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "word": "ocker"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "anyāmaina vaḍḍī",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "word": "అన్యామైన వడ్డీ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "word": "faizcilik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "word": "murabahacılık"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "word": "tefecilik"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lyxvárstvo",
      "sense": "practice of lending money at illegal or unfair rates",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "лихва́рство"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "usury"
  ],
  "word": "usury"
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2028",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": (rostovščičeskij) procént vs. ростовщический",
  "path": [
    "usury"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "usury",
  "trace": ""
}

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