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landsharks

landsharks is the plural of landshark.

Meaning of landshark

Noun

landshark (plural landsharks)

  1. (derogatory, obsolete, slang, among smugglers) A customs officer.
  2. (derogatory, obsolete, slang) A swindler or fraudster.
  3. (derogatory) A landgrabber.
    • By the Europeans, Sir, to gratify the lust of the landsharks and land-jobbers who hungered after the lands of the Natives: it was to satisfy their greed, and not for the benefit of the Natives in any way.1880, Parliamentary Debates, New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives, page 332

Questions about landsharks

What is landsharks the plural of?
Landsharks is the plural of landshark.

Words near landsharks in the dictionary

  1. Landsgemeinde
  2. Landsgemeindes
  3. landshard
  4. landshards
  5. landshark
  6. landsharks
  7. landship
  8. landships
  9. Landshut
  10. landsick
  11. landsickness

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