landshark

/ ˈlændˌʃɑːk /

noun

1. informal.
   a person who makes inordinate profits by buying and selling land

Example Sentences

He applied the methods—somewhat modified for the occasion—of a landshark in winning his wife.

From Project Gutenberg

That wizened-up landshark of a Jerry Clifford is in sight, bound to the post-office, I cal'late.

From Project Gutenberg