shylock

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

shylock
    n 1: someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest
         [syn: {usurer}, {loan shark}, {moneylender}, {shylock}]
    2: a merciless usurer in a play by Shakespeare

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SHYLOCK

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