1. a person who lends money at excessively high rates of interest; usurer.
Examples from the web for loan shark
- We as a nation should not normalize loan shark practices.
- There may have never been so opportune a time to look a loan shark in the eye and tell him to take a hike.
- Even the risk of violence may be comparable between the legitimate sources of funding and the loan shark operations.
- And the best way is not to go to your local loan shark and borrow money with a promise to pay back in the next payday.
British Dictionary definitions for loan shark
noun 1. (informal) a person who lends funds at illegal or exorbitant rates of interest
Slang definitions & phrases for loan shark