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shylock

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Shy⋅lock

[shahy-lok]
–noun
1. a relentless and revengeful moneylender in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
2. a hard-hearted moneylender.
–verb (used without object)
3. (lowercase) to lend money at extortionate rates of interest.

Shy⋅lock⋅i⋅an, adjective
Shy⋅lock⋅y, adjective
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shy·lock   (shī'lŏk')   
n.  A ruthless moneylender; a loan shark.
intr.v.   shy·locked, shy·lock·ing, shy·locks
To lend money at exorbitant interest rates.

[After Shylock, the ruthless Jewish usurer in The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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