loan shark

See also: loanshark

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Noun

loan shark (plural loan sharks)

  1. Someone who lends money at exorbitant rates of interest, especially illegally. [1900[1]]
    Synonym: (offensive) shylock
    Hypernym: usurer
    Hyponym: Ah Long

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Verb

loan shark (third-person singular simple present loan sharks, present participle loan sharking, simple past and past participle loan sharked)

  1. Alternative spelling of loanshark.

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References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “loan”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.