wolf of Wall Street

== English == === Etymology === From wolf (“any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing”) + of + Wall Street (“American financial institutions or financial markets as a whole; big-business interests”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwʊlf‿əv ˈwɔːl stɹiːt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈwʊlf‿əv ˈwɔl ˌstɹit/, (cot–caught merger) /-ˈwɑl-/ === Noun === wolf of Wall Street (plural wolves of Wall Street) (idiomatic, US, finance) (A name for) an aggressive, prominent, and wealthy financier; specifically (derogatory), one who swindles or takes unfair advantage of people. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === The Wolf of Wall Street (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia