loan shark

Example Sentences

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By charging fees that would make a loan shark blush.

From MarketWatch

I doubt any partnership would have sought to game the rating agencies, or leapt into bed with loan sharks, or even allowed mezzanine CDOs to be sold to its customers.

From Literature

A new credit union has loan sharks in its sights as it becomes the first of its kind to launch in Stoke-on-Trent in more than a decade.

From BBC

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

He was into loan sharks in Hells Kitchen, on the Lower East Side, the Village, all over town when it came right down to it.

From Salon