shylock

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From the character Shylock, in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice

[edit] Noun

shylock (plural shylocks)

  1. (US) A loan shark.

[edit] Translations

loan shark — see loan shark

[edit] Verb

shylock (third-person singular simple present shylocks, present participle shylocking, simple past and past participle shylocked)

  1. (intransitive, US) To lend money at exorbitant rates of interest.

[edit] Translations

to lend at exorbitant rates
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