a loan shark
1loan shark — ➔ shark * * * loan shark UK US noun [C] INFORMAL DISAPPROVING ► a person who charges large amounts of interest for lending money to someone, especially when their financial position means they cannot borrow money from a bank: »Loan sharks target… …
2loan shark — n. A person who lends money at extortionate interest rates, usually illegally. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. loan shark A person who lends …
3loan shark — A loan shark lends money at very high rates of interest …
4loan shark — loan sharks N COUNT (disapproval) If you describe someone as a loan shark, you disapprove of them because they lend money to people and charge them very high rates of interest on the loan. [INFORMAL] …
5loan shark — loan ,shark noun count INFORMAL someone who lends money to people and charges them a very high rate of interest ╾ loan ,sharking noun uncount …
6loan-shark|ing — «LOHN SHAHR kihng», noun. Informal. moneylending at extremely high or unlawful interest rates: »The bill would make “extortionate extensions of credit,” or loan sharking, subject to a maximum penalty of $10,000 and 20 years imprisonment (New York …
7loan shark — n someone who lends money at very high rates of ↑interest and will often use threats or violence to get the money back …
8loan shark — loan′ shark n. Informal. inf a person who lends money at excessively high rates of interest; usurer • Etymology: 1900–05, amer …
9loan shark — ► NOUN informal ▪ a moneylender who charges exorbitant rates of interest …
10loan shark — ☆ loan shark n. Informal a person who lends money at exorbitant or illegal rates of interest …
