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shylocked

shylocked is the simple past and past participle of shylock.

Meaning of shylock

Verb

shylock (third-person singular simple present shylocks, present participle shylocking, simple past and past participle shylocked)

  1. (US, intransitive, offensive) To lend money at exorbitant rates of interest.
    • I wanted to know whether shylocking is a legal business or not, and if it is legal, under which Act does it operate?2004 December 8, Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard), page 4928

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Questions about shylocked

What is shylocked the simple past and past participle of?
Shylocked is the simple past and past participle of shylock.

Words near shylocked in the dictionary

  1. shyings
  2. shyish
  3. Shykles
  4. Shyla
  5. shylock
  6. shylocked
  7. Shylockian
  8. shylocking
  9. shylocks
  10. shyly
  11. Shymkent

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