landshark

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noun

A customs officer.

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Meanings

nounlandshark (plural landsharks)

plural landsharks · alternative land shark · alternative land-shark

  1. derogatoryobsoleteslangamong smugglersA customs officer.
  2. derogatoryobsoleteslangA swindler or fraudster.
  3. derogatoryA landgrabber.

    By the Europeans, Sir, to gratify the lust of the landsharks and land-jobbers who hungered after the lands of the Natives: it was to satisfy their greed, and not for the benefit of the Natives in any way.

    1880, Parliamentary Debates, New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives, page 332

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
fraudstertrapan

Origin

From land + shark.

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APA

landshark. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/landshark

MLA

“landshark.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/landshark. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “landshark,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/landshark.

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