loan shark

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

loan shark
    n 1: someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
         [syn: {usurer}, {loan shark}, {moneylender}, {shylock}]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

21 Moby Thesaurus words for "loan shark":
      Shylock, accommodate with, advance, banker, float a loan,
      lease-lend, lend, lend-lease, lender, loan, loan officer, loaner,
      money broker, moneylender, moneymonger, mortgage holder, mortgagee,
      negotiate a loan, pawnbroker, shark, usurer