loan shark

English

Noun

loan shark (plural loan sharks)

1. Someone who lends money at exorbitant rates of interest.

Synonyms

• usurer

Translations

money lender; usurer

Finnish: koronkiskuri (fi), kiskuri (fi) French: usurier (fr) m. German: Kredithai (de) m. Greek: τοκογλύφος (el) (tokoglýfos) m. and f. Italian: usuraio, strozzino (fam.) Norwegian: Bokmål: lånehai (nb) m. Nynorsk: lånehai (nn) m.

Portuguese: agiota (pt) Russian: ростовщик (ru) (rostovščík) m. Spanish: usurero (es) Volapük: (male or female) vukan (vo), (male) hivukan (vo), (female) jivukan (vo)

Verb

to loan shark (third-person singular simple present loan sharks, present participle loan sharking, simple past and past participle loan sharked)

1. Alternative spelling of loanshark.