a person (usually mob connected) that loans money at interest rates exceeding the interest rate allowed in a given state
a person who lends money to somebody (usually a very poor , very desperate person) with the promise of receiving the original sum and X amount of interest in return
a person who offers loans to those in desperate need of
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One, usually mob-connected, who loans money at a high weekly interest rate.
Someone who lends money and charges a very high rate of interest. They will not hold a consumer credit licence.
A person who lends people money and charges an extremely high interest rate on the loan. Loan sharks are usurers who operate secretly, without government regulation, so that people who borrow from them have little or no consumer protection.
A loan shark is a person or body that offers illegal unsecured loans at high interest rates to individuals, often backed by blackmail or threats of violence. They provide credit to those who are not willing or are unable to obtain it from more respectable sources, usually because interest rates commensurate with the perceived risk are illegal.
