Given financial penalty after swindle and imprisoned (8) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Given financial penalty after swindle and imprisoned (8) featured in Guardian Cryptic puzzle on October 7, 2025. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 8 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is CONFINED.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% CONFINED Given financial penalty after swindle and imprisoned (8) (8) The Guardian Cryptic Oct 7, 2025
7% FINE Financial penalty (4) The Sun Two Speed Jul 4, 2025
5% FORFEIT Embarrassing penalty in a game (7) Puzzler Backwords Oct 7, 2025
5% SCOTFREE Without penalty (8) Thomas Joseph Oct 6, 2025
5% GOAL Penalty kick target (4) LA Times Daily Oct 5, 2025
5% SCAMS Swindles (5) The Telegraph Mini Sep 26, 2025
5% DOESIN Swindles (6) Newsday Sep 26, 2025
5% PONZISCHEME Investment swindle (11) Wall Street Journal Sep 23, 2025
5% DIDDLE Swindle (6) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Sep 20, 2025
5% STUNG Swindled, overcharged (5) The Times Concise Sep 20, 2025

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