loan shark Meaning an unauthorised moneylender who charge | English Language

loan shark


Meaning
an unauthorised moneylender who charges very high interest rates


For example

It's usually poor people who have to borrow from loan sharks because banks won't give them loans.

Pierre had to go to hospital after he was beaten up because he didn't pay money back to a loan shark in time.
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