Shylock

Quick meaning: Shylock is a noun meaning (US, figurative, now offensive) A loan shark; a usurer.

Meaning

(US, figurative, now offensive) A loan shark; a usurer.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive, US, now offensive) To lend money at exorbitant rates of interest.
2. (offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Jewish descent.

Example Sentences

I wanted to know whether shylocking is a legal business or not, and if it is legal, under which Act does it operate?

After Caspian's father killed his credit lines at all the big casinos, he ran up a six-figure tab with a couple of shylocks in Miami, then couldn't make the vig.

Do you recall this question having been put to you—the shylocking business you were involved in continued right up until the time that you were arrested, correct?

Eventually, their gambling debts grow so big that they are cut off from making any more bets, eliminating the chance that they can make enough money to satisfy their shylocks.

Word Forms

• shylocks
• shylocking
• shylocked

Synonyms for shylock

Depending on context, synonyms include heeb, kike, sheeny.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include usurer, loanshark, shark, shaver, handshaker, shonky.

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