Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The practice of lending money at usurious, often illegal interest rates.
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- verb Present participle of
loanshark . (Committing crimes as aloan shark , committingusury (loaning money at excessive rate of interest) especially when collecting under threat of violence.)
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Examples
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That has led to other commercial development in associated industries such as loansharking, addiction services and family counseling.
BC Bloggers Norman Farrell 2010
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One thing neither post discusses is the role of loansharking and illegal forms of credit.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » The Core Regulatory Question 2009
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In addition to the two mob hits, Marino, whose alleged crime family ties go back 50 years, is charged with labor racketeering as far back as 1980, as well as more recent schemes involving extortion, loansharking and gambling.
Jerry Capeci: Feds Plea Offer in Mob Sex Case Seems Rather Unseemly Jerry Capeci 2010
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He offered details about his loansharking operation that was raking in hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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Before long, she vaulted from an adjunct role into the thick of bookmaking, loansharking, and drug dealing.
An Education Director Lone Scherfig to Direct Jessica Biel Film Mob Girl? | /Film 2010
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He offered details about his loansharking operation that was raking in hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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Sources say that McLaughlin, 41, and Peter Tagliavia, 40, who are identified in court papers as "CW-1" and "CW-2," engaged numerous wiseguys and mob associates in criminal conversations involving gambling, loansharking extortion, bribery, home invasions, assaults - and murder.
Jerry Capeci: Nephew of Top Mobster Aids in Colombo Family Takedown Jerry Capeci 2011
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Coming next from Todd Zywicki: The published version of his new paper on loansharking.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Published Version of Auto Title Lending Paper Now Available: 2010
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A combined loansharking operation and Ponzi scheme.
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But, as described in a series of secret FBI memos obtained by Gang Land, here are a few of the things weighing heavy on Bingy's mind right after he finished up a three year state prison stint for gambling and loansharking:
Jerry Capeci: Secret FBI Files: Bingy Was Primed to Flip Two Years Ago 2010
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