"loan shark" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: loan sharks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} loan shark (plural loan sharks)
  1. Someone who lends money at exorbitant rates of interest. Categories (topical): People Related terms: payday loan, leg-breaker Translations (money lender; usurer): 大耳窿 (alt: daai⁶ ji⁵ lung⁴⁻¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 阿窿 (english: aa³ lung¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 高利貸者 (Chinese Mandarin), 高利贷者 (gāolìdàizhě) (Chinese Mandarin), 阿窿 (ālóng) (Chinese Mandarin), lånehaj [common-gender] (Danish), ågerkarl [common-gender] (Danish), woekeraar (Dutch), koronkiskuri (Finnish), kiskuri (Finnish), usurier [masculine] (French), usurière [feminine] (French), usureiro [masculine] (Galician), usureira [feminine] (Galician), Kredithai [masculine] (German), Wucherer [masculine] (German), Wucherin [feminine] (German), τοκογλύφος (tokoglýfos) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), uzsorás (Hungarian), rentenir (Indonesian), tengkulak (Indonesian), usuraio [masculine] (Italian), usuraia [feminine] (Italian), strozzino [colloquial, masculine] (Italian), strozzina [feminine] (Italian), 高利貸し (kōrigashi) (alt: こうりがし) (Japanese), 고리대금업자 (goridaegeumeopja) (alt: 高利貸金業者) (Korean), toculiō [masculine] (Latin), лихвар (lihvar) [masculine] (Macedonian), lånehai [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ågerkar [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ågerkarl [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), lånehai [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ågerkar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), فائضجی (faʼizci) (Ottoman Turkish), lichwiarz [masculine] (Polish), lichwiarka [feminine] (Polish), agiota [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), cămătar [masculine] (Romanian), ростовщи́к (rostovščík) [masculine] (Russian), ростовщи́ца (rostovščíca) [feminine] (Russian), lihvar [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), usurero [masculine] (Spanish), usurera [feminine] (Spanish), lånehaj [common-gender] (Swedish), tefeci (Turkish), faizci (Turkish), позикова акула (pozykova akula) [feminine] (Ukrainian), кредитна акула (kredytna akula) [feminine] (Ukrainian), người cho vay nặng lãi (Vietnamese), vukan [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), hivukan [masculine] (Volapük), jivukan [feminine] (Volapük)
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Synonyms: loanshark

Verb

Forms: loan sharks [present, singular, third-person], loan sharking [participle, present], loan sharked [participle, past], loan sharked [past]
Head templates: {{en-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 Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: loanshark Related terms: juice loan
    Sense id: en-loan_shark-en-verb-SSvbxpAB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: loanshark

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "alt": "daai⁶ ji⁵ lung⁴⁻¹",
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          "roman": "gāolìdàizhě",
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          "word": "kiskuri"
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "money lender; usurer",
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          "code": "gl",
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          "sense": "money lender; usurer",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "money lender; usurer",
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          "word": "Kredithai"
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          "code": "de",
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          "roman": "tokoglýfos",
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          "word": "τοκογλύφος"
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          "sense": "money lender; usurer",
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "money lender; usurer",
          "word": "rentenir"
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          "code": "id",
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          "sense": "money lender; usurer",
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          "sense": "money lender; usurer",
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          "sense": "money lender; usurer",
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          "code": "it",
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "goridaegeumeopja",
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          "word": "고리대금업자"
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          "code": "sh",
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "money lender; usurer",
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          "sense": "money lender; usurer",
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          "roman": "pozykova akula",
          "sense": "money lender; usurer",
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          "code": "uk",
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          "roman": "kredytna akula",
          "sense": "money lender; usurer",
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          "sense": "money lender; usurer",
          "word": "người cho vay nặng lãi"
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      "alt": "daai⁶ ji⁵ lung⁴⁻¹",
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      "sense": "money lender; usurer",
      "word": "大耳窿"
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      "word": "woekeraar"
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      "sense": "money lender; usurer",
      "word": "koronkiskuri"
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      "sense": "money lender; usurer",
      "word": "kiskuri"
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      "sense": "money lender; usurer",
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      "word": "usurier"
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      "sense": "money lender; usurer",
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      "sense": "money lender; usurer",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "usureiro"
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      "sense": "money lender; usurer",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "money lender; usurer",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Kredithai"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "money lender; usurer",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "money lender; usurer",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "money lender; usurer",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "τοκογλύφος"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "money lender; usurer",
      "word": "uzsorás"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "money lender; usurer",
      "word": "rentenir"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "money lender; usurer",
      "word": "tengkulak"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "money lender; usurer",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "usuraio"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "money lender; usurer",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "money lender; usurer",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "strozzino"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "money lender; usurer",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "strozzina"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "money lender; usurer",
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      "word": "usurero"
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      "code": "es",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "money lender; usurer",
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      "word": "lånehaj"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "money lender; usurer",
      "word": "tefeci"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "money lender; usurer",
      "word": "faizci"
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pozykova akula",
      "sense": "money lender; usurer",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "позикова акула"
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kredytna akula",
      "sense": "money lender; usurer",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "кредитна акула"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "money lender; usurer",
      "word": "người cho vay nặng lãi"
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