shylocking (0 synonym found)

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Definition of shylocking:

(n) : (US, figurative, now offensive) A loan shark; a usurer.
(v) : (intransitive, US, now offensive) To lend money at exorbitant rates of interest.
(n) : (offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Jewish descent.
(n) : (fiction) A moneylender (Jewish stereotype) in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
(n) : Alternative letter-case form of shylock. [(US, figurative, now offensive) A loan shark; a usurer.]
Definition of shylocking:

(n) : (US, figurative, now offensive) A loan shark; a usurer.
(v) : (intransitive, US, now offensive) To lend money at exorbitant rates of interest.
(n) : (offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Jewish descent.
(n) : (fiction) A moneylender (Jewish stereotype) in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
(n) : Alternative letter-case form of shylock. [(US, figurative, now offensive) A loan shark; a usurer.]
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