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> usurious Nitpick: you mean either "extortionate" or something to do with ogliopolies, cartels, and price fixing; usury is when the perpetrator charges intere
by a1369209993 7y ago
> usurious
Nitpick: you mean either "extortionate" or something to do with ogliopolies, cartels, and price fixing; usury is when the perpetrator charges interest on a non-defaultable loan.
- pas 7y agoI think in this case this word was used for simple dramatic emphasis, and somehow usury seems like a more white-collar thing than extortion, so maybe felt like the better "analogy"?