Dictionary entry

Shark (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Shark, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Sharked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Sharking.] 1. To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.

Neither sharks for a cup or a reckoning. Bp. Earle.

2. To live by shifts and stratagems. Beau. & Fl.