moneylender
Example Sentences
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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
"But what I would say to people is that no matter how difficult it is, please don't use a local moneylender, because it really is jumping out of the frying pan into the fire."
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2022
A seaman from British Somaliland residing in Cardiff, Mattan was wrongfully convicted of the murder of Lily Volpert, a Jewish shopkeeper and moneylender, in the predominantly immigrant community of Tiger Bay.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2021
Mamá was saving to pay the moneylender, she was working in the fields to help, and Salvador was thinking of buying a motorcycle!
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
