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predatory lending

noun
🔊/ˌpredətri ˈlendɪŋ/
🔊/ˌpredətɔːri ˈlendɪŋ/
[uncountable]
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  1. the practice of lending money to people who cannot afford to pay it back, often by hiding the true cost of the loan
    • Many people say that the collapse of the housing market was due to predatory lending.许多人说，房地产市场的崩溃是由于掠夺性贷款造成的。