shylock

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State law uses "shylock" in a statute dealing with loan sharks, language that is "offensive to the Jewish people," said state Sen. Eleanor Sobel, a Democrat.

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  1. noun A ruthless moneylender; a loan shark.
  2. intransitive verb To lend money at exorbitant interest rates.

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  1. After Shylock, the ruthless Jewish usurer in The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare.
 

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