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loan shark 

Term for a person, usually a member of organized crime, offering loans without background checks, collateral, etc. etc., but charges insane interest ($100s, even $1000s per day in some cases), and has henchmen who will hurt or even kill those who do not repay the loan within a certain time (usually a week or so).
John got beat to shit by Loan Shark Tino Capellini's henchmen for not paying on time. If John doesn't pay Tino back by next week, they will kill him.
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loan officer 

1.) A high-school educated former copier or used car salesman who figured out that he could make money for doing very little by acting as a middleman between banks and even less educated customers (borrowers). He or she drives a Porche or BMW, but its leased just like his house. Borrowers will fight tooth and nail over their proposed 1% fee for 2 weeks to a month worth of effort, but have no problem paying their real estate agent 3% for a couple days of local driving and filling out boilerplate forms.

2.) Scapegoats for the major banks and Wall Street money men who actually create the loan programs costing people their homes that you see on TV.

You can find a LO at nearly any after-hour event that contains any two of the following: alcohol, sluts, cocaine, Las Vegas, suckers, bluetooth headsets, yachts, any aspect of society emphasizing appearance over substance.
Even though my local bank branch laughed at me when I asked them, my loan officer buddy Joe was able to get me into a new $800 grand house despite the fact that I have no job, no savings to use as a down payment, my FICO score is negative, I'm on several mandatory sex offender lists, and he knows I plan to cook meth in the garage. But Joe's a fucking douchebag because it turns out he made almost $500 dollars off me.
loan officer by Elias Creed May 6, 2007

loan shark 

Pawn broker or a bookie that has no morals and would cut your ass quickly if you default on a loan.
If you need ends (money), go see JZ on 28th. He'll hook you up but your ass is his collateral.
loan shark by shinobus July 21, 2004

Loan Rat 

Similar to a Loan Shark, the Loan Rat lends people money at extremely inflated interest rates. This leads to things such as foreclosure, divorce, depression, starvation, anger, death, and even the collapse of the United States economy. The Loan Rat frequently wets the bed due to the guilt he feels in his sleep.
My wife is sick and in the hospital so I went to a Loan Rat and traded my house for a few hundred dollars, now my children have nowhere to sleep.
Loan Rat by DJ Mutes September 24, 2012

loan shark 

A person from whom an informal, unregulated, short term loan can be acquired... Usually at usurious interest and with at least the presumption of physical danger to the borrower in the case of default.

The name comes from the ruthless and violent popular image of sharks, and basically assumes the lender hasconnections with organized crime.

Can also sometimes be applied to one who always seems just a bit too mercenary in thier "assistance" of friends.
My uncle was sick for two weeks, and missed a co-op payment. Now he has to get money from a loan shark, or he's on the street.

Bobby said he wouldn't give me a ride to work unless I gave him $15 for gas... What a loan shark.
loan shark by Honor July 24, 2004

loan shark 

Someone who gives a loan and then charges insanely high interest rates, making it inpossible to pay back
john didnt have the money so tiny mike the loanshark broke his legs with a bat
loan shark by Big Robert July 22, 2004