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agiotar

verbtécnico/ɐʒjuˈtaɾ/low

a·gio·tar

Definition

To engage in usury; to lend money at exorbitant interest rates.
He was known to agiotar among the desperate villagers.
The authorities cracked down on those who agiotar in the informal market.

Etymology

Do francês 'agioter'.

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