shark
/ʃɑɹk/ noun C2- Someone who exploits others, for example by trickery, lies, usury, extortion.
- A sleazy and amoral lawyer.
- An ambulance chaser.
- A relentless and resolute person or group, especially in business.
- A person that excels in a particular field.
- A very good poker or pool player. Compare fish (a bad poker player).
- A person who feigns ineptitude to win money from others.
Plural sharks
From the library
Picture to yourself the pilot fish with the shark, the jackal with the lion—anything that is insignificant in companionship with what is formidable: not only formidable, Watson, but sinister—in the highest degree sinister.
And will talk in contemptuous tones of the Shark,
"Yes, and he's a shark.
Sam's not a shark.
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