English
Noun
loan shark (plural loan sharks)
- Someone who lends money at exorbitant rates of interest.
Synonyms
Translations
money lender; usurer
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 大耳窿 (yue) (daai6 ji5 lung4-1)
- Mandarin: 高利貸/高利贷 (zh) (gāolìdài), 高利贷 (zh) (gāolìdài)
- Danish: lånehaj c, ågerkarl c
- Dutch: woekeraar (nl)
- Finnish: koronkiskuri (fi), kiskuri (fi)
- French: usurier (fr) m, usurière (fr) f
- Galician: usureiro m, usureira f
- German: Kredithai (de) m, Wucherer (de) m, Wucherin f
- Greek: τοκογλύφος (el) m or f (tokoglýfos)
- Italian: usuraio (it) m, usuraia f, strozzino (it) m (colloquial), strozzina (it) f
- Japanese: 高利貸し (ja) (こうりがし, kōrigashi)
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- Latin: toculliō m
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: lånehai m, ågerkar (no) m, ågerkarl m
- Nynorsk: lånehai m, ågerkar m
- Portuguese: agiota (pt) m or f
- Romanian: cămătar (ro) m
- Russian: ростовщи́к (ru) m (rostovščík), ростовщи́ца (ru) f (rostovščíca)
- Spanish: usurero (es) m, usurera (es) f
- Swedish: lånehaj c
- Volapük: (♂♀) vukan (vo), (♂) hivukan, (♀) jivukan
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Verb
loan shark (third-person singular simple present loan sharks, present participle loan sharking, simple past and past participle loan sharked)
- Alternative spelling of loanshark
See also