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shylocking

shylocking is the present participle and gerund 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 shylocking

What is shylocking the present participle and gerund of?
Shylocking is the present participle and gerund of shylock.

Words near shylocking in the dictionary

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

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