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loan sharks

loan sharks is the plural of loan shark.

loan sharks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of loan shark.

Meaning of loan shark

Noun

loan shark (plural loan sharks)

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

Questions about loan sharks

What is loan sharks the plural of?
Loan sharks is the plural of loan shark.

Words near loan sharks in the dictionary

  1. loan rendition
  2. loan renditions
  3. loan shark
  4. loan sharked
  5. loan sharking
  6. loan sharks
  7. loan term
  8. loan terms
  9. loan translation
  10. loan translations
  11. loan word

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