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Someone who lends money at exorbitant rates of interest, especially illegally.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shylock
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: usurer
Alternative spelling of loanshark.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: usurer, moneylender, shylock
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lender, loaner, shark
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
55 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Cantonese:
大耳窿
— money lender; usurer
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Chinese Cantonese:
阿窿
— money lender; usurer
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Chinese Cantonese:
貴利 /贵利
— money lender; usurer
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Chinese Mandarin:
高利貸者 /高利贷者
(gāolìdàizhě)
— money lender; usurer
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Chinese Mandarin:
阿窿
(ālóng)
— money lender; usurer
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Danish:
lånehaj
— money lender; usurer
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Danish:
ågerkarl
— money lender; usurer
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Dutch:
woekeraar
— money lender; usurer
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Finnish:
koronkiskuri
— money lender; usurer
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Finnish:
kiskuri
— money lender; usurer
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French:
usurier
— money lender; usurer
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French:
usurière
— money lender; usurer
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Galician:
usureiro
— money lender; usurer
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Galician:
usureira
— money lender; usurer
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German:
Kredithai
— money lender; usurer
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German:
Wucherer
— money lender; usurer
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German:
Wucherin
— money lender; usurer
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Greek:
τοκογλύφος
(tokoglýfos)
— money lender; usurer
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Hungarian:
uzsorás
— money lender; usurer
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Indonesian:
rentenir
— money lender; usurer
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Indonesian:
tengkulak
— money lender; usurer
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Indonesian:
lintah darat
— money lender; usurer
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Italian:
usuraio
— money lender; usurer
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Italian:
usuraia
— money lender; usurer
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Italian:
strozzino
— money lender; usurer
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Italian:
strozzina
— money lender; usurer
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Japanese:
高利貸し
(kōrigashi)
— money lender; usurer
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Korean:
고리대금업자
(goridaegeumeopja)
— money lender; usurer
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Latin:
toculiō
— money lender; usurer
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Macedonian:
лихвар
(lihvar)
— money lender; usurer
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Norwegian Bokmål:
lånehai
— money lender; usurer
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Norwegian Bokmål:
ågerkar
— money lender; usurer
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Norwegian Bokmål:
ågerkarl
— money lender; usurer
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
lånehai
— money lender; usurer
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
ågerkar
— money lender; usurer
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Polish:
lichwiarz
— money lender; usurer
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Polish:
lichwiarka
— money lender; usurer
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Portuguese:
agiota
— money lender; usurer
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Romanian:
cămătar
— money lender; usurer
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Russian:
ростовщи́к
(rostovščík)
— money lender; usurer
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Russian:
ростовщи́ца
(rostovščíca)
— money lender; usurer
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Serbo-Croatian:
lihvar
— money lender; usurer
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Spanish:
usurero
— money lender; usurer
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Spanish:
usurera
— money lender; usurer
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Swedish:
lånehaj
— money lender; usurer
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Turkish:
tefeci
— money lender; usurer
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Turkish:
faizci
— money lender; usurer
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Ottoman Turkish:
فائضجی
(faʼizci)
— money lender; usurer
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Ottoman Turkish:
معاملهجی
(muʼameleci)
— money lender; usurer
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Ukrainian:
позикова акула
(pozykova akula)
— money lender; usurer
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Ukrainian:
кредитна акула
(kredytna akula)
— money lender; usurer
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Vietnamese:
người cho vay nặng lãi
— money lender; usurer
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Volapük:
vukan
— money lender; usurer
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Volapük:
hivukan
— money lender; usurer
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Volapük:
jivukan
— money lender; usurer
