loanshark
Illegal money lender
A loanshark is someone who lends money at exorbitant interest rates, typically operating outside legal banking systems and often using threats or violence to ensure repayment.
The term combines the predatory connotations of shark with the lending business.
Loansharking has historically been associated with organized crime, though the word now applies to any exploitative lender.
He borrowed five thousand from a loanshark and ended up owing triple that.
Money owed another
- interestAttention, stake, or fee
- borrowerOne who takes temporarily
- repaymentGiving back what's owed
- principalChief school administrator
default · creditor · collateral · installment · vig · juice · collection · overdue
Organized crime member
- gangsterCriminal organization member
- enforcerOne who ensures compliance
- underworldRealm of the departed
- mafiaCriminal organization using intimidation
syndicate · thug · racketeering · extortion · intimidation · threats · coercion · shakedown
Extortionate money lending
- exorbitantUnreasonably high, as costs
- exploitativeUnfairly using others' vulnerabilities
- predatoryExploiting the vulnerable
- gougingExploitative overpricing
extortionate · usurer · unconscionable · rapacious · excessive · sky-high · usurious · debt trap
debt
Money owed another
principal · default · creditor · collateral · installment · vig · juice · collection · overdue · balloon payment
mobster
Organized crime member
- gangsterCriminal organization member
- enforcerOne who ensures compliance
- underworldRealm of the departed
mafia · syndicate · thug · racketeering · extortion · intimidation · threats · coercion · shakedown · violence
usury
Extortionate money lending
- exorbitantUnreasonably high, as costs
- exploitativeUnfairly using others' vulnerabilities
- predatoryExploiting the vulnerable
gouging · extortionate · usurer · unconscionable · rapacious · excessive · sky-high · usurious · debt trap
- loansloans, lend, borrow, auto loans, bank loans
- underworld slangsnitch, rat out, hitman, capo, consigliere
loansharkbank
Place holding deposits
credit union · savings and loan · community bank · mortgage company · building society
loansharkphilanthropist
Donor to charitable causes
benefactor · charitable donor · patron · angel investor · Good Samaritan