loan shark in English

noun
1
a moneylender who charges extremely high rates of interest, typically under illegal conditions.
Others make frequent trips to pawn off paychecks at an interest rate a loan shark salivates over.
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Below are sample sentences containing the word "loan shark" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "loan shark", or refer to the context using the word "loan shark" in the English Dictionary.

1. He's a loan shark.

2. I know a loan shark.

3. But he was more of a loan shark back then.

4. Ah, Yuri, Venice's local loan shark and ruthless son of a bitch.

5. 13 Lorenzo Adams is in trouble. While working at a bill collection agency in Norfolk, VA an old debt of his own suddenly comes due when Frankie Gutierrez, an L. A. loan shark, shows up at his door.

6. Arno Moradian, most commonly known just as Arno is the main antagonist of the 2019 American crime thriller film, Uncut Gems.He is a New York Jewish loan shark and the brother-in-law of protagonist anti-hero, Howard Ratner, who owns money to him.He is also the boss of goons Phil and Nico.