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LOAN SHARK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does loan shark mean?
• LOAN SHARK (noun)
The noun LOAN SHARK has 1 sense:
1. someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
Familiarity information: LOAN SHARK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
loan shark; moneylender; shylock; usurer
Hypernyms ("loan shark" is a kind of...):
lender; loaner (someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters)
shark (a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest)
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