shylock
1 of 2noun
shy·lock ˈshī-ˌläk 
1
capitalized : the Jewish usurer and antagonist of Antonio in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice
2
: loan shark
shylock
2 of 2verb
shylocked; shylocking; shylocks
intransitive verb
: to lend money at high rates of interest
exposé of systematic thievery … shylocking, and murder 
Current Biography
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Word History
First Known Use
Noun
circa 1597, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
circa 1934, in the meaning defined above
- stepped rack
- stepped screw
- stepped up
- stepped-up
- steppeland
- stepper
- stepper motor
- steppers
- steppes
- stepping
- stepping (along)
- stepping (on)
- stepping along
- stepping aside
- stepping aside (from)
- stepping aside from
- stepping back
- stepping down
- stepping down (from)
- stepping down from
- stepping forward
- stepping in
- stepping into
- stepping on
- stepping on it