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landshark en · NOUN

Etymology

From land + shark.

Meanings

1. (derogatory, obsolete, qualifier:among smugglers, slang) A customs officer.
2. (derogatory, obsolete, slang) A swindler or fraudster.
3. (derogatory) A landgrabber.
   • 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. 1880, Parliamentary Debates, New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives, page 332:

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