🔤 Vigorishes ✨

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sood khori, ghair qanooni sood, juay ki fees, bookie ki fees, ghair jaiz munafa

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📚noun

vigorishes

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DEFINITION

excessive interest charged by illegal moneylenders, fees charged by bookmakers on bets, illegal gambling commissions, exorbitant interest

EXAMPLE SENTENCES

The loan shark charged exorbitant vigorishes that trapped borrowers in endless debt. Police arrested the bookmaker for collecting vigorishes on illegal sports betting operations. The investigation revealed that the gang controlled all vigorishes in the underground gambling network. Victims of the illegal lending scheme testified about the crushing burden of the vigorishes. Legitimate financial institutions do not charge the kind of vigorishes that loan sharks demand.

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