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moneylender

[muhn-ee-len-der] / ˈmʌn iˌlɛn dər /




NOUN
loan shark
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When Atul passed the exam, his father asked for help from a local moneylender.

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2024

Shocked by their beloved aunt’s death, they must come together for the raucous funeral to honor Cambotown’s biggest moneylender.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2023

In a sense you could see all of those pamphlets explaining the system as a way of saying, it's not just the moneylender who's responsible for all your woes.

From Salon • Sep. 14, 2023

When Shylock, the Jewish moneylender of Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice,” makes the case for his humanity, he poses a rhetorical question: “If you prick us, do we not bleed?”

From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2017

On the days Sass returned from the moneylender, she would stare and stare at me.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan