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Usury vs Extortion - What's the difference?

usury | extortion |

As nouns the difference between usury and extortion

is that usury is an exorbitant rate of interest, in excess of any legal rates or at least immorally while extortion is the practice of extorting money or other property by the use of force or threats.

usury

English

Noun

(wikipedia usury)
  • (countable) An exorbitant rate of interest, in excess of any legal rates or at least immorally.
  • (uncountable) The practice of lending money at such rates.
  • (uncountable, archaic) The practice of lending money at interest.
  • * 4th Century BCE , (rftranslator) , Book I, Part X,
    • "The most hated sort, and with the greatest reason, is usury , which makes a gain out of money itself, and not from the natural object of it. For money was intended to be used in exchange, but not to increase at interest."

    Related terms

    * usurer * usuress * usurial * usurious, usuriously, usuriousness

    References

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    extortion

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia extortion) (en noun)
  • The practice of extorting money or other property by the use of force or threats.

    • Synonyms

    * blackmail