His income derived from illicit activities—bookmaking, gambling, shylocking, and questionable union activities (New York Times).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
shy|lock — «SHY lok», noun. 1. the relentless and vengeful moneylender in Shakespeare s play The Merchant of Venice. 2. a greedy moneylender. 3. any moneylender. shy|lock «SHY lok», intransitive verb. to lend money at an excessively high or unlawful rate of … Useful english dictionary
shy — con·shy; shy·ish; shy·ly; shy·ness; un·shy; wee·shy; wong·shy; shy; shy·lock; shy·ster; shy·er; … English syllables
lock — bal·lock; ber·lock; bol·lock; bul·lock·ite; bul·lock; char·lock; en·lock; gab·lock; hal·lock; have·lock; hem·lock; hil·lock; hoo·lock; hu·lock; in·ter·lock·er; ked·lock; ker·lock; lay·lock; lock; lock·able; lock·age; lock·e·an; lock·e·an·ism;… … English syllables
Eric Lock — Infobox Military Person name=Eric Stanley Lock lived=1920 ndash;1941 placeofbirth= Bayston Hill, Shrewsbury, England placeofdeath= Calais, France caption= nickname= Sawn Off allegiance=flagicon|United Kingdom United Kingdom branch=… … Wikipedia
Mortgage Rate Lock Deposit — A fee that a lender charges a borrower that allows the borrower to lock in an interest rate for a certain time period with the expectation that the borrower s mortgage will fund within that time period. The longer the lock period, the larger the… … Investment dictionary
shylock — shy·lock … English syllables
Shylock — Shy|lock 〈[ʃaılɔk] m. 6〉 hartherziger Gläubiger, Geizhals, Wucherer (nach dem jüd. Geldverleiher in Shakespeares „Kaufmann von Venedig“) [engl.] * * * Shylock [ ʃaɪlɔk], jüdischer Wucherer in Shakespeares Drama »The merchant of Venice« (1600;… … Universal-Lexikon
Shylock — Shy|lock 〈[ʃaılɔk] m.; Gen.: od. s, Pl.: s〉 hartherziger Gläubiger (nach dem jüd. Geldverleiher in Shakespeares »Kaufmann von Venedig«) [Etym.: engl.] … Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch
Shylock — Shy|lock a character in the play The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare. He is a Jewish ↑moneylender who lends money to Antonio, and when Antonio is unable to pay the money back, Shylock says he has the right to cut a pound of flesh from… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Shylock — Shy|lock [ ʃailɔk] der; [s], s Name einer Figur aus dem Schauspiel »Der Kaufmann von Venedig« von W. Shakespeare, 1564 1616> hartherziger, erpresserischer Geldverleiher; mitleidloser Gläubiger … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
