shylock (n.)

  1. someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest

    [ Syn: usurer , usurer , loan shark , loan shark , moneylender , moneylender ]

  2. a merciless usurer in a play by Shakespeare

    [ Syn: shylock ]

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