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Definition of Shylock
1. Noun. Someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest.
2. Noun. A merciless usurer in a play by Shakespeare.
Definition of Shylock
1. Proper noun. A fictional character who was a moneylender (Jewish stereotype) in Shakespeare's ''Merchant of Venice''. ¹
2. Noun. (American English) A loan shark. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive US) To lend money at exorbitant rates of interest. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shylock
1. to lend money at high interest rates [v -ED, -ING, -S]
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