moneylender
Example Sentences
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When Atul passed the exam, his father asked for help from a local moneylender.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2024
Shocked by their beloved aunt’s death, they must come together for the raucous funeral to honor Cambotown’s biggest moneylender.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 21, 2023
In a sense you could see all of those pamphlets explaining the system as a way of saying, it's not just the moneylender who's responsible for all your woes.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2023
Hassan is low-key as he describes his position as an Arab actor with dwindling opportunities in Israel, ironically hitting a peak playing the Jewish moneylender Shylock in “The Merchant of Venice.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 12, 2019
Then one day Biswas, the moneylender, stopped me in the street.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
