'loan sharking' definitions:
Synonyms of 'loan sharking'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advance,
- advancement,
- advancing,
- black market,
- bootlegging,
- Cosa Nostra,
- exploitation,
- extortion,
- gambling,
- gray market,
- highway robbery,
- holdup,
- illegal commerce,
- illegal operations,
- illegitimate business,
- illicit business,
- lend-lease,
- lending,
- lending at interest,
- loaning,
- Mafia,
- moneylending,
- moonshining,
- narcotics traffic,
- organized crime,
- overassessment,
- overcharge,
- prostitution,
- protection racket,
- racket,
- shady dealings,
- shylocking,
- surcharge,
- the rackets,
- the syndicate,
- traffic in women,
- usury,
- white slavery