loan shark
Example Sentences
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By charging fees that would make a loan shark blush.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 15, 2025
A clip of their shared cubicle scene — in which loan shark Kathy rags on Dreux’s low credit score — has captured more than 9.2 million views on Instagram since the film’s Jan. 17 release.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2025
But this spring, with his wife in intensive care, he borrowed money from a loan shark to pay for taxis to visit the hospital, he said.
From BBC • Nov. 10, 2023
Jillette’s latest novel, “Random,” is about a young man who inherits his father’s crushing debt to a loan shark and turns to dice — and other dangerous measures — to dig himself out.
From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2022
Again, they’d rather deal with us than with some gangster loan shark.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
