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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

• LOAN SHARK (noun)

Sense 1

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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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