Shark1. (v. t. & i.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes of the order Plagiostomi, found in all seas.
2. (v. t. & i.) A rapacious, artful person; a sharper.
3. (v. t. & i.) Trickery; fraud; petty rapine; as, to live upon the shark.
4. (v. t.) To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.
5. (v. i.) To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.
6. (v. i.) To live by shifts and stratagems.
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