Definitions for loansharking
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
loan′shark`ing*(n.)
or loan′-shark`ing
the practice of lending money at excessive rates of interest.
Category: Common Vocabulary
* Informal..
Origin of loansharking:
1910–15, Amer.
Wiktionary
loansharking(Verb)
(Committing crimes as a loan shark, committing usury (loaning money at excessive rate of interest) especially when collecting under threat of violence.)
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