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loan shark

NOUN
lender charging much interest
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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

She said she trusted him "completely" but he turned out to be a loan shark.

From BBC Nov. 2, 2023

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




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