shylock (redirected from shylocking)

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.

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[After Shylock, the ruthless Jewish usurer in The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare.]

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Shylock [ˈʃaɪˌlɒk]

n

(Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) a heartless or demanding creditor

[after Shylock, the name of the heartless usurer in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (1596)]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	shylock - 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

Translations

Shylock

n (fig: = mean person) → Geizhals m; (dated: = moneylender) → Wucherer m, → Wucherin f