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1. Relating to the practice of lending money at exorbitantly high rates of interest
2. Characterized by excessive or illegal interest rates
1. The loan shark's usurious rates meant that many of his desperate clients found themselves trapped in an endless cycle of debt.
2. Batman discovered that one of Gotham's banks was engaged in usurious practices, preying on the poorest citizens.
3. In an episode of 'Doraemon', Gian tricked Nobita into a usurious deal that doubled his debt each day he failed to repay.
4. In 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince', the character of Horace Slughorn described some goblin-made treasures as if they were usurious, but they were in fact priceless.