moneylender

Example Sentences

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Dante sent moneylenders to the seventh circle of hell.

From New York Times

“The essential nature of art is freedom,” said the Oscar-winning actor F. Murray Abraham, whose many credits include Shylock, the Jewish moneylender of Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice,” though Mr. Abraham is not Jewish.

From New York Times

If she wasn't able to use pawnbrokers she says the only alternative would be doorstep lending or loan sharks - illegal moneylenders who often charge very high interest rates.

From BBC

"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

But all that is derailed when she’s betrothed to “ruthless moneylender and occasional murderer” Clarence “Little Man” Henry to settle her father’s gambling debts.

From Washington Post