Word:

Shylocks

Number of occurrences: 19 Rank: 972,095 Frequency class: 23

See also: shylocks

Examples

  • And rather than treat the masses, who sustain their deposit and investments portfolios, with courtesy and kindness, these latter-day Shylocks extract flesh, blood and life in their quest to keep their bottom lines healthy. (www.tonkawanews.com, collected on 15/11/2016)
  • They also enjoy no benefits, do not get paid if they fall sick, have no vacation or other forms of leave available to them, and they cannot be unionised, so they are at the mercy of their bosses who are invariably modern-day Shylocks. (www.timesnews.net, collected on 15/11/2016)
  • You could be quick to call bankers scams, Shylocks or Jews. (www.postwatchmagazine.com, collected on 05/11/2016)
  • Nobody can win against a horde of Shylocks ready to have their pound of flesh. (www.discoverbohol.com, collected on 03/11/2016)
  • But the quality of mercy is unknown to the modern-day corporate Shylocks. (www.timesheraldonline.com, collected on 08/11/2016)
  • Fat Shylocks were in the wait to take their due flesh! (www.milligazette.com, collected on 12/11/2016)
  • International lending institutions are, not to put too fine a point on it, Shylocks; they stick to their conditions like limpets. (www.lankaweb.com, collected on 27/11/2016)
  • These parasites are barracudas and Shylocks of the highest order. (www.nigeriamasterweb.com, collected on 05/11/2016)
  • The IMF and the WB are the new Shylocks of this world, they want their pound of flesh whether you bleed or not is beside the point. (www.frostillustrated.com, collected on 03/11/2016)
  • Down with the hook-nosed Shylocks of Wall Street! (www.nysun.com, collected on 11/11/2016)

Words occurring in the Same Sentence

flesh (52), their (13), are (11), these (9.3), this (7.1)
of (173)

Word graph

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