noun. Any of numerous cartilaginous fishes of the subclass Elasmobranchii that are chiefly carnivorous and marine. Sharks have a streamlined torpedolike body, five to seven gill openings on each side of the head, a large oil-filled liver, and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales.

noun. A person, such as a loan shark, who takes advantage of the misfortune of others for personal gain.

noun. A person unusually skilled in a particular activity.

intransitive verb. To obtain by deceitful or underhand means.

intransitive verb. To take advantage of others for personal gain, especially by fraud and trickery.

noun. A sharper; a cheat; a greedy, dishonest fellow who eagerly preys upon others; a rapacious swindler.

noun. The sharp practice and petty shifts and stratagems of a swindler or needy adventurer.

To play the shark or needy adventurer; live by one's wits; depend on or practise the shifts and stratagems of a needy adventurer; swindle: sometimes with an impersonal it: as, to shark for a living.

To pick up; obtain or get together by sharking: with up or out.

noun. A selachian of the subclass Plagiostomi, of an elongate form, with the pectoral fins moderately developed, the branchial apertures lateral, and the mouth inferior (rarely terminal).

To fish for or catch sharks.

transitive verb. To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.

intransitive verb. To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.

intransitive verb. To live by shifts and stratagems.

noun. Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes of the order Plagiostomi, found in all seas.

noun. A rapacious, artful person; a sharper.

noun. Trickery; fraud; petty rapine.

noun. See under Basking, Liver, etc. See also Dogfish, Houndfish, Notidanian, and Tope.

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noun. the sand shark.

noun. See Hammerhead.

noun. See Cestraciont.

noun. the eggcase of a shark; a sea purse.

noun. Same as Angel fish (a), under Angel.

noun. a large, voracious shark. See Thrasher.

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noun. a huge harmless shark (Rhinodon typicus) of the Indian Ocean. It becomes sixty feet or more in length, but has very small teeth.

noun. A scaleless, predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton and 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head.

noun. A sleazy and amoral lawyer; an ambulance chaser.

noun. A relentless and resolute person or group, especially in business.

noun. A very good poker or pool player.

noun. A person who feigns ineptitude to win money from others.

verb. To steal or obtain through fraud.

verb. To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.

verb. To live by shifts and stratagems.

verb. play the shark; act with trickery

noun. any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales

verb. hunt shark

noun. a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest

noun. a person who is unusually skilled in certain ways

"These are often removed while the shark is alive: the mutilated animal is then thrown overboard."

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