English Dictionary

landshark

noun

(obsolete, slang, derogatory, among smugglers) A customs officer. / (obsolete, slang, derogatory) A swindler or fraudster. / (derogatory) A landgrabber.

The landshark emerged from the depths of the ocean.

意味（1）

(obsolete, slang, derogatory, among smugglers) A customs officer.

意味（2）

(obsolete, slang, derogatory) A swindler or fraudster.

意味（3）

(derogatory) A landgrabber.

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.