The practice of lending money at an unfairly high rate of interest (5)

I believe the answer is:

usury

(Other definitions for usury that I've seen before include "Taking great interest" , "Too much interest" , "Shylock's calling" , "Lending of money at exorbitant interest" , "Taking a lot of interest" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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