shylock
Plural: shylocks
Noun
- someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
- a merciless usurer in a play by Shakespeare
- A loan shark; a usurer.
- A person of Jewish descent.
Verb
Verb Forms: shyocked, shylocking, shylocks
- To lend money at excessively high or usurious rates.
- To lend money at exorbitant rates of interest.
Examples
- His opponent seemed to shylock every point, maximizing value from even the lowest-scoring tiles.
Origin / Etymology
From the character Shylock in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (1600).
Synonyms
loan shark, moneylender, usurer, Hymie, Yid, heeb, kike, sheeny
Scrabble Score: 19
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