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shark

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/ʃɑːk/ English

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noun

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

verb

  1. To fish for sharks.

noun

  1. Someone who exploits others, for example by trickery, lies, usury, extortion.
  2. A sleazy and amoral lawyer
  3. An ambulance chaser.
  4. A relentless and resolute person or group, especially in business.

verb

  1. To steal or obtain through fraud.
  2. To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.
  3. To live by shifts and stratagems.

verb

  1. To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.

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