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单词 to shark on or upon
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to shark on or upon
a. to shark on or upon: to prey like a shark upon; to victimize, sponge upon, swindle; to oppress by extortion. Obsolete.
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the mind > possession > taking > extortion > practise extortion [verb (intransitive)]
extortion1502
poll1521
shave1528
extort1529
to shark on or upona1596
a1596 Sir Thomas More (1911) ii. iv. 106 For other ruffians, as their fancies wrought,..Woold shark on you, and men lyke rauenous fishes Woold feed on on another.
1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer iv. 895 Then citizens were sharkt, and prey'd upon.
a1652 R. Brome New Acad. ii. i. 28 in Five New Playes (1659) This woman..is vertuous And too discreet for him to shark upon.
a1668 W. Davenant Wks. (1673) i. 304 Who sharkt on the People much more then the Crown.
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