Loan shark
A loan shark is a person or body who offers loans at extremely high interest rates. The term usually refers to illegal activity, but may also refer to predatory lending with extremely high interest rates such as payday or title loans. Loan sharks sometimes enforce repayment by blackmail or threats of violence. Historically, many moneylenders skirted between legal and extralegal activity. In the recent western world, loan sharks have been a feature of the criminal underworld.
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Loan shark
A loan shark is a person or body who offers loans at extremely high interest rates. The term usually refers to illegal activity, but may also refer to predatory lending with extremely high interest rates such as payday or title loans. Loan sharks sometimes enforce repayment by blackmail or threats of violence. Historically, many moneylenders skirted between legal and extralegal activity. In the recent western world, loan sharks have been a feature of the criminal underworld.
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A loan shark is a person or bo ...... re of the criminal underworld.
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Agiotagem ou usura, no Brasil, ...... para recuperar o seu dinheiro.
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Kredithai ist eine umgangsspra ...... wachten Finanzwesens auftritt.
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闇金融（やみきんゆう）は、日本において、ヤミ金融、ヤミ金、闇 ...... る高金利を取る業者、または、その業務も広義の闇金融に含める。
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A loan shark is a person or bo ...... re of the criminal underworld.
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Agiotagem ou usura, no Brasil, ...... es em atraso ou incumprimento.
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Kredithai ist eine umgangsspra ...... wachten Finanzwesens auftritt.
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闇金融（やみきんゆう）は、日本において、ヤミ金融、ヤミ金、闇 ...... る高金利を取る業者、または、その業務も広義の闇金融に含める。
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Agiotagem
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Kredithai
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Loan shark
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闇金融
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