landshark
English
Etymology
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, New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates (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.
- 1880, New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates (page 332)
See also
- bulette