loan shark

Example Sentences

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Meanwhile, Bell Ribeiro-Addy, the Labour MP for Clapham and Brixton Hill, compared the terms of student loans "to something that a loan shark would offer".

From BBC • Feb. 25, 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