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shylock
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shy·lock  (shlk) Offensive
n.
A ruthless moneylender; a loan shark.
intr.v. shy·locked, shy·lock·ing, shy·locks
To lend money at exorbitant interest rates.
[After Shylock, the ruthless Jewish usurer in The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare.]
Shylock
Noun
an unsympathetic and demanding person to whom one owes money [after the heartless usurer in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice]
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Noun1.shylockshylock - someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
loan shark, moneylender, usurer
lender, loaner - someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters
shark - a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest
2.Shylock - a merciless usurer in a play by Shakespeare


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