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Examples of loan shark in a Sentence
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Unable to pay up, the loan shark takes Kril’s shell as collateral, sending this otherwise conflict-averse crustacean into the open ocean to retrieve it.
—Tim Brinkhof, Vulture, 5 June 2024
Lack of access to formal financial services also forces many people into risky behaviors like saving cash at home or turning to high-interest loan sharks.
—Alison Van Houten, TIME, 30 May 2024
The black comedy crime film is written by Niki Sheldrake and tells the story of Colin and Stanley, two good-for-nothing brothers who are faced with the repayment of their dead father’s debt to a notorious loan shark named Maggie.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 May 2024
Because of work stoppages in China, North Korean workers were unable to pay back their loans, and loan sharks sent thugs to their relatives’ homes to intimidate them.
—Ian Urbina, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1905, in the meaning defined above
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“Loan shark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loan%20shark. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
loan shark
noun
: a person who lends money at very high rates of interest
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