1. Someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
   "The desperate borrower turned to a shylock as a last resort";
   - usurer, loan shark [informal], moneylender

1. The Jewish moneylender who demands a pound of flesh as collateral in Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice"
   "Shylock has become a controversial symbol of antisemitic stereotypes"

Derived forms: Shylocks, shylocks

Type of: character, fictional character, fictitious character, lender, loaner, shark

Encyclopedia: Shylock