Noun
One who lends money and takes interest for it; a money lender.
One who lends money at a rate of interest beyond that established by law; one who exacts an exorbitant rate of interest for the use of money.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA legal thief, a bloodless murderer, A fiend incarnate, a false usurer. Joseph Hall
When a government becomes powerful it is destructive, extravagant and violent it is an usurer which takes bread from innocent mouths and deprives honorable men of their substance, for votes with which to perpetuate itself. Cicero