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Loan Shark Money Person Lends Extremely High Interest

Phrase/Idiom loan shark
Definition A loan shark is a person who lends money at extremely high interest rates to people who are unable to obtain a loan from the bank.
Example The man was threatened because he was late paying back money to a loan shark.

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