高こう利り貸がし

noun

usurer; loan shark; usury; loansharking

Refers to a person who lends money at exorbitant interest rates, or the practice itself. Often carries a negative connotation.

• 彼かれは高こう利り貸がしから金かねを借かりて、返へん済さいに苦くるしんだ。

  He borrowed money from a loan shark and struggled to repay it.

• 高こう利り貸がしは法ほう律りつで規き制せいされている。

  Usury is regulated by law.