loan shark
Example Sentences
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And if you're the person organising the collection, how do you chase without feeling like a loan shark or exposing unspoken team dynamics?
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
By charging fees that would make a loan shark blush.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 15, 2025
A clip of their shared cubicle scene — in which loan shark Kathy rags on Dreux’s low credit score — has captured more than 9.2 million views on Instagram since the film’s Jan. 17 release.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2025
Jillette’s latest novel, “Random,” is about a young man who inherits his father’s crushing debt to a loan shark and turns to dice — and other dangerous measures — to dig himself out.
From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2022
Again, they’d rather deal with us than with some gangster loan shark.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
