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The definition of a shark is a carnivorous fish in the class Chondrichthyes, or a person who is skilled at deceiving others, or is slang for a person who is an expert in a certain activity.

(noun)

An example of a famous shark is the shark in the movie Jaws.
An example of a shark is a ruthless car dealer who sells a car for more than its value.
An example of a shark is a tough lawyer who always wins his cases.

Shark is defined as to live by deceiving people.

(verb)

An example of to shark is to constantly cheat people out of their money to get by.

See shark in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a person who victimizes others, as by swindling or cheating
☆ Slang a person with great ability in a given activity; adept; expert

Origin: prob. < Ger schurke, scoundrel, rogue, sharper < MHG schurgen, to push, mislead < IE *skēu- < base *sek-, to cut > saw

transitive verb, intransitive verb

Archaic to get or live by fraud or stratagems

noun

any of various orders of cartilaginous fishes that are usually large and mostly marine, having a tough, spiny, usually slate-gray skin, separate lateral gill openings, and a slender, rounded body with the mouth on the underside: most sharks are fish-eaters, and some will attack humans

Origin: ? akin to shark

See shark in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Any of numerous chiefly marine carnivorous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes (subclass Elasmobranchii), which are sometimes large and voracious and have a streamlined torpedolike body, five to seven gill openings on each side of the head, a large oil-filled liver, a cartilaginous skeleton, and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales.
a. A person regarded as ruthless, greedy, or dishonest.
b. A vicious usurer.
Slang A person unusually skilled in a particular activity: a card shark.

verb sharked, shark·ing, sharks

verb, transitive
Archaic

To obtain by deceitful means.

verb, intransitive

To practice or live by fraud and trickery.

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