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Sharking

To fish for sharks.

📖 Definitions of "Sharking"

verb
  1. 1

    To fish for sharks.

verb
  1. 1

    To steal or obtain through fraud.

  2. 2

    To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.

  3. 3

    To live by shifts and stratagems.

verb
  1. 1

    To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Sharking"

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moneylendernounA person who lends money and charges interest, especially one who is not part of the official financial industry.
loan sharknounSomeone who lends money at exorbitant rates of interest, especially illegally.
usurernounA person who loans money to others and charges interest, particularly at an exorbitant, exploitative, or illegal rate.
loannoun(law, banking, finance) A sum of money or other property that a natural or legal person borrows from another with the condition that it be returned or repaid over time or at a later date (sometimes with interest).
sharkdomnounThe state of being a shark, or of belonging to the world of sharks; sharks, collectively.
shark baitnoun(humorous, idiomatic) One who is in a precarious or vulnerable position.
shark-baitnounAlternative form of shark bait. [(humorous, idiomatic) One who is in a precarious or vulnerable position.]
sharkernounA shark fisher
land sharknoun(fantasy) Any shark-like creature that dwells on land.
shark baiternoun(Australia, colloquial) A lone swimmer or surfer far from shore; shark bait.
groundsharknounAlternative form of ground shark. [Any member of the order Carcharhiniformes, the largest order of sharks with over 270 species.]
landlordnounA person that leases real property; a lessor.
sharksploitationnoun(film) A genre of exploitation films focusing on sharks and shark attacks.
ground sharknounAny member of the order Carcharhiniformes, the largest order of sharks with over 270 species.
feeding frenzynoun(idiomatic, by extension) A voracious competition among would-be purchasers, etc. for limited resources.
sharklingnounA small, young, or immature shark.
megasharknounA very large shark.
sea lawyernounA lawyer who specializes in maritime law.
sharksfinnoun(chiefly attributive) Synonym of shark fin.
houndsharknounAlternative spelling of hound shark. [Any of several small sharks, of the family Triakidae, found throughout the world.]

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