usurer

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Himself a usurer, Shakespeare must have known how much he had invested in Shylock.

From New York Times • May 7, 2010

Nicholas' Uncle Ralph, a wily usurer and the evil genius of the piece, discovers his humanity too late, so that it ends by destroying him.

From Time Magazine Archive

But in 1884, a sickly boy was born in the Ghetto at Leghorn, Tuscany, to Flaminio Modigliani, son of a Roman usurer.

From Time Magazine Archive

He does, however, object to the second: "As a name of opprobrium or reprobation; spec. applied to a grasping or extortionate moneylender or usurer, or a trader who drives hard bargains or deals craftily."

From Time Magazine Archive

The farmer could not defend himself; somebody took money for willful perjury to evade a clause of the homestead exemptions, and the usurer got his order.

From The Mistress of Bonaventure by Bindloss, Harold