Definition of "loanshark" [loanshark]

• Alternative spelling of loan shark.. (noun)
• To commit crimes as a loan shark/loanshark; to commit usury (to loan money at excessive rate of interest) especially if collecting under threat of violence. (verb)

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• "You really sense how they work as a kind of loanshark operation rather than an executive branch:"
• "The USSR on the other hand had a three point plan that involved raping, killing, and looting as payback (with loanshark level interest) for everything that Germany did to them."
• "The wealthy and violent gangster - he has made many millions of dollars as a loanshark and entrepreneur while serving as a hitman for three Gambino family bosses, according to court records - is not likely to consider any offer from the feds until Manhattan Federal Judge Colleen McMahon upholds the validity of the indictment against Watts."