loan shark

See also: loanshark

English

Noun

loan shark (plural loan sharks)

Someone who lends money at exorbitant rates of interest.

Synonyms

usurer

Translations

money lender; usurer

Chinese:
Cantonese: 大耳窿 (yue) (daai⁶ ji⁵ lung⁴^-¹)

Mandarin: 高利貸 (zh), 高利贷 (zh) (gāolìdài)
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)

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

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

juice loan

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