Illegal lending practice
The crossword clue "Illegal lending practice" is answered by USURY, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
USURY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the USURY answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for USURY
Every other clue in this collection answered by USURY, most used first.
- Loan shark's crime - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Loan shark's practice - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Exorbitant interest - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
- Loan shark's offense - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Excessive interest - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Loan shark's interest - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Loan-sharking - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- There's a lot of interest in it - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Exorbitant interest rate - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Shylock's practice - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
Related clues
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- Customary practice - USAGE, used 33 times
- Illegal firing? - ARSON, used 29 times
- Practice - USAGE, used 28 times
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