loan sharking
1loan sharking — noun • • • Main Entry: ↑loan …
2loan-sharking — noun [uncountable] Thesaurus: relating to borrowing money and owing moneyhyponym Main entry: loan shark …
3loan-sharking — [lōn′shär΄kiŋ] n. the practice of lending money at exorbitant or illegal interest rates * * * …
4loan-sharking — n. Colloquial The illegal business of lending money at usurious rates, typically with the threat or use of violence to ensure repayment. Webster s New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000 …
5loan-sharking — [lōn′shär΄kiŋ] n. the practice of lending money at exorbitant or illegal interest rates …
6loan-sharking — See: loan shark …
7loan-sharking — noun Date: 1914 the practice of lending money at exorbitant rates of interest …
8loan sharking — Synonyms and related words: Cosa Nostra, Mafia, advance, advancement, advancing, black market, bootlegging, exploitation, extortion, gambling, gray market, highway robbery, holdup, illegal commerce, illegal operations, illegitimate business,… …
9Loan origination — is the process by which a borrower applies for a new loan, and a lender processes that application. Origination generally includes all the steps from taking a loan application through disbursal of funds (or declining the application). Loan… …
10loan 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 …
