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Pawnbroker |
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A person who engages in the business of lending money, usually in small sums, in exchange for Personal Property deposited with him or her that can be kept or sold if the borrower fails or refuses to repay the loan. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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As Hearn quickly discovered, Singer's business, RPM Lenders, represents another slice of the pawn broker game, as down-on-their-luck customers temporarily warehouse a car, airplane, motorcycle or recreational vehicle in one of the four storage facilities totaling 1 million square feet. A February AP report noted that "in the days before [Elohim City hero Wayne Snell] was executed for a 1980s murder of a pawn broker, Snell began making threats from his Arkansas prison that there would be a bombing or explosion on April 19 to avenge his death, according to prison and FBI officials. Igor Shukhman, part-owner of The Pawn Broker, said his store contains thousands of dollars worth of jewelry that he can't entrust to burglar alarms and glass windows alone. |
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