Definitions
Bloodsucking worm; also someone who exploits another.
Word origin
From Middle English leche (“blood-sucking worm”), from Old English lǣċe (“blood-sucking worm”), akin to Middle Dutch lāke ("blood-sucking worm"; > modern Dutch laak).
Used in a sentence
“The leech on his leg had swelled to more than five inches long, puffed and swollen on his blood.”
“'Wrecked his body and his mind, no use to hisself or his family or nobody, just a leech on society'.”
“At this point, I felt this man was a leech. I suspected that he had spent a lifetime living off the good will of women that he met.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Bloodsucker”5 letters
02“Draw blood”5 letters
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