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loan sharking

loan sharking is the present participle and gerund of loan shark.

loan sharking is the alternative form of loansharking.

Meaning of loan shark

Noun

loan shark (plural loan sharks)

  1. Someone who lends money at exorbitant rates of interest, especially illegally.
    Synonyms:
    shylock

Meaning of loansharking

Noun

loansharking (uncountable)

  1. The lending of money at an excessive interest rate.
    • During an 18-month investigation involving a talk force of city, state and Federal authorities, the indicted people were also allgedly involved in counterfeiting and loansharking.1979 February 10, “Taking Over Bars”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 28, page 2

Questions about loan sharking

What is loan sharking the present participle and gerund of?
Loan sharking is the present participle and gerund of loan shark.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: loan sharking (page history and authors); loan shark (page history and authors); loansharking (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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