loansharking
loansharking n. 放高利贷 指以过高的尤指高利贷利率，并采用威胁或勒索手段强制偿还贷款的借贷行为。这种行为在美国《联邦刑法典》〔Federal Criminal Code〕中又被称为「extortionate credit transactions」。
LOANSHARKING
loansharking
loansharking, n. The practice of lending money at excessive and esp. usurious rates, and often threatening or using extortion to enforce repayment. — Also termed extortionate credit transaction. — loan-shark, vb. — loan shark, n.