"loanshark" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: loansharks [plural]
Etymology: From loan + shark. Etymology templates: {{af|en|loan|shark}} loan + shark Head templates: {{en-noun}} loanshark (plural loansharks)
  1. Alternative spelling of loan shark. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: loan shark
    Sense id: en-loanshark-en-noun-jnMskLDq Categories (other): Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bengali translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 53 47

Verb

Forms: loansharks [present, singular, third-person], loansharking [participle, present], loansharked [participle, past], loansharked [past]
Etymology: From loan + shark. Etymology templates: {{af|en|loan|shark}} loan + shark Head templates: {{en-verb}} loanshark (third-person singular simple present loansharks, present participle loansharking, simple past and past participle loansharked)
  1. To commit usury (to loan money at an excessive rate of interest), especially if collecting under threat of violence. Translations (to commit usury): কুসীদজীবী (kuśidjibi) (Bengali), kiskoa (Finnish), uzsoráskodik (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-loanshark-en-verb-m8QZZqkn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 53 47

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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