释义 |
loan-sharking in American English (ˈloʊnˌʃɑrkɪŋ) noun the practice of lending money at exorbitant or illegal interest rates Examples of 'loan-sharking' in a sentenceloan-sharking To others, his ambitions are just fancy words to disguise loan-sharking.The investigation was launched as a result of witness statements in a separate loan-sharking investigation.But in minutes he's loan-sharking her, charging criminal interest, rejoicing in the purity of his greed.They would then use 'bullying and intimidating tactics to ensure the cycle of loan-sharking would continue'. |