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English
Etymology
From land + shark.
Noun
landshark (plural landsharks)
- (obsolete, slang, derogatory, among smugglers) A customs officer.
- (obsolete, slang, derogatory) A swindler or fraudster.
- (derogatory) A landgrabber.
1880, Parliamentary Debates, New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives, page 332: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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