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Noun: loan shark  lown shaa(r)k
Usage: informal
  1. Someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
    "The desperate borrower turned to a loan shark as a last resort";
    - usurer, moneylender, shylock

Derived forms: loan sharks

Type of: lender, loaner, shark

Encyclopedia: Loan shark