| usurer | (noun) someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest | Synonyms: loan shark, moneylender, shylock |
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| usurious | (adjective) greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation | Synonyms: exorbitant, extortionate, outrageous, steep, unconscionable |
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| usuriously | (adverb) to an exorbitant degree | Synonyms: exorbitantly, extortionately |
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| usurp | (verb) seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession | Synonyms: arrogate, assume, seize, take over |
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| (verb) take the place of | - |
| usurpation | (noun) wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority) | - |
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| (noun) entry to another's property without right or permission | Synonyms: encroachment, intrusion, trespass, violation |
| usurper | (noun) one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another | Synonyms: supplanter |
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| usury | (noun) the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest | - |
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| (noun) an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest | Synonyms: vigorish |