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land shark † 
a person who buys up large amounts of land usually intending to profit by speculation.
See also: land-grabber
- 1882 If the country is to be handed over to land sharks of every shade and kind, what is the use of prolonging the agony.
- 1935 . . . the Metis are being stirred up by the land sharks to demand their scrip, then the sharks will swallow them: what's paid for scrip will go in whisky, and they're left no better off.
- 1882 If the country is to be handed over to land sharks of every shade and kind, what is the use of prolonging the agony.