loanshark

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verb

To commit usury (to loan money at an excessive rate of interest), especially if collecting under threat of violence.

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Meanings

nounloanshark (plural loansharks)

plural loansharks

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of loan shark.
verbloanshark (third-person singular simple present loansharks, present participle loansharking, simple past and past participle loansharked)

present singular third person loansharks · participle present loansharking · participle past loansharked · past loansharked

  1. To commit usury (to loan money at an excessive rate of interest), especially if collecting under threat of violence.

Origin

From loan + shark.

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Translations

Bengali কুসীদজীবী
  • কুসীদজীবী (kuśidjibi)to commit usury
Finnish kiskoa
  • kiskoato commit usury
Hungarian uzsoráskodik
  • uzsoráskodikto commit usury
Polish pracować jako lichwiarz
  • pracować jako lichwiarzto commit usury
Cite this entry
APA

loanshark. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loanshark

MLA

“loanshark.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loanshark. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “loanshark,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loanshark.

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