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[syn: usurer, loan shark, moneylender, shylock]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
loan shark
    n 1: someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
         [syn: usurer, loan shark, moneylender, shylock]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "loan shark":
   Shylock, accommodate with, advance, banker, float a loan,
   lease-lend, lend, lend-lease, lender, loan, loan officer, loaner,
   money broker, moneylender, moneymonger, mortgage holder, mortgagee,
   negotiate a loan, pawnbroker, shark, usurer