Sentences with phrase «like loan sharks»

The reality of both of these concerns is things like loan sharks praying on family members when they are broke and vulnerable or fighting for acknowledgement of your credibility and hard work when undermined with sexist comments.
He's more like a loan shark
George Scangos, CEO of biotechnology giant Biogen Inc., went further, saying in an interview, «Turing is to a research - based company like a loan shark is to a legitimate bank.»
We take pride in the trust we share with our customers, so we don't feel the need to track everybody down like a loan shark.

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«Incidents like this gory tale of a young child being murdered to compensate for a missed payment on a loan shark agreement, are sadly common - place.
2014 Directed by Rupert Wyatt Starring Mark Wahlberg, John Goodman, Michael K. Williams, Brie Larson, Jessica Lange, and George Kennedy Synopsis: A literature college professor and high stakes gambler runs afoul of a loan shark and his bodyguard - like gangsters while he has an affair with one of his students.
When Blackjack addict Jim Bennett (played by Mark Wahlberg) goes all in, which he does every time, it's more proof that he is «the kind of guy that likes to lose»... a description offered by one of the mobsters and loan sharks who lend him money.
Add a large sum of money, a desperate loan shark, and a momma's boy that looks freakishly like Fester and you got a hauntingly funny comedy.
They stated that there are not many law firms that work with «loan sharks» like Navient Private Student Loans.
Taking a Cash Advance from a credit card company is like going to a very polite, but determined loan shark.
Like other lenders, loan sharks often give borrowers paperwork that details the loan.
Loan sharks also add fees whenever they like.
I can't repay the full amount owed either, so Chase is being a loan shark if they don't allow an opt - out of this change like their card agreement says they must.
Using a payday lender is like borrowing from a loan shark; the lenders won't break your bones, but they will cause pain.
Before we do that, I need to clear up another myth that, like the belief in the efficacy of consumer financial education, is deeply ingrained: the loan shark myth.
I did file bankruptcy in 2014, and I am unable to claim these shark like loans.
Much like Yakuza 4, there are 4 playable characters: Shun Akiyama the likable loan shark, the unhinged Goro Majima, Yakuza 2's antagonist Ryugi Goda, and Kazuma Kiryu the dangerous but likable series lead.
This mechanic does not make you feel like a mercenary leader; it makes you feel like a secretary at a back - alley loan shark piggybacking off the neighbour's WIFI.
Most residential leases and most zoning statutes in places zoned residential would not prohibit the use of a premises as a home office used only by the resident and an occasional visitor (assuming that the business activity was not itself illegal like drug dealing, money laundering, loan sharking, prostitution or pimping, etc.).
Sounds like a license for easier Loan Sharking - but having said that - how many people buying Apple kit are short of a bob or two?
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