So the man who had hoped to take on "predatory" capitalists with the might of the British state at his elbow, has instead been manning a stall on the high street in Mexborough, in his Doncaster constituency, urging local people to avoid loan-to-own retailer BrightHouse, which has been accused of charging up to three times as much as alternative retailers, and use the local credit union instead.
The sophisticated marketing and recruiting techniques of many for-profit institutions thereby take on a predatory nature, similar to what we have seen in the subprime mortgage crisis in the mortgage industry.
One male student told me: "Student nights often take on a predatory edge.
She went after big insurance companies, took on predatory lenders.
The panel's Republican members issued their own rump report eliminating all mention of derivatives, executive compensation, failed regulatory agencies and even the words "Wall Street" so the whole debacle could be pinned solely on government (Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac) and deadbeat Americans who took on predatory mortgages.
The survey doesn't reflect irresponsible borrowers taking on more debt than they could pay, or even greedy banks offering predatory loans with outrageous interest rates.
He is after predatory lenders who enticed gullible homebuyers into taking on mortgages they couldn't afford.
A pity they didn't have the guts to take on Jimmy Savile and other predatory celebs – tabloid mates, most of them – instead of hounding randy sports folk on the spurious grounds that they are "role models" with commercial sponsorship deals.
Burke is the reigning champ of nostalgia noir — violent stories in which big strong men get all weepy about the ruination of their beloved home place and take vengeance on the predatory villains responsible for the devastation.
Mr. Fedorov and Mikhail Shvydkoi, the director of the Federal Agency of Culture and Cinematography, which oversaw the restoration, spent years fighting off both well-meaning and predatory offers to take on Pashkov House.
