Landshark

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A customs officer. derogatory, obsolete, slang
  2. 2
    A swindler or fraudster. derogatory, obsolete, slang
  3. 3
    A landgrabber. derogatory

    "By the Europeans, Sir, to gratify the lust of the landsharks and land-jobbers who hungered after the lands of the Natives: it was to satisfy their greed, and not for the benefit of the Natives in any way."

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fraudsterrookspivswindlertrapan

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"By the Europeans, Sir, to gratify the lust of the landsharks and land-jobbers who hungered after the lands of the Natives: it was to satisfy their greed, and not for the benefit of the Natives in any way."

Etymology

From land + shark.

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customs officer

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