shylock

IPA: ʃˈaɪɫɑk

noun

  • (US) A loan shark; a usurer.
  • (offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Jewish descent.
  • (fiction) A moneylender (Jewish stereotype) in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
  • Alternative letter-case form of shylock [(US) A loan shark; a usurer.]

verb

  • (intransitive, US) To lend money at exorbitant rates of interest.
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Examples of "shylock" in Sentences

  • Shylock and modern antisemitism.
  • Shylock and the antisemitism debate.
  • Is Shylock really a villain or a victim.
  • She also takes money and jewels from Shylock.
  • Shylock has Antonio arrested and brought before court.
  • The Nazis used the usurious Shylock for their propaganda.
  • Is it factual that the derivation of 'shyster' is 'shylock'
  • Shylock is the same meaning and it's offensive towards Jews.
  • In another version I've read, he was called 'Shylock the Covetous Jew.'
  • May bee associated with Shylock, but that is probably the incorrect etymology.

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