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My prefix is when you do something bad.

Somewhere in the middle you can see a choice between a yes and a no.

And lastly I have a financial suffix.

I also like keeping things in order!

What am I?

Hint:

The prefix sounds like - but not the same spelling.

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    $\begingroup$ Can this really count as a Riley riddle without an infix? (I make no comment on whether being a Riley riddle is a good thing or not -- there have been an awful lot of them lately -- but if you're going to call it one then it should probably actually be one...) $\endgroup$
    – Gareth McCaughan ♦
    Apr 25, 2018 at 11:27
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    $\begingroup$ @GarethMcCaughan I hereby declare that the infix, while highly encouraged, is optional for Riley riddle status. $\endgroup$
    – Riley
    Apr 25, 2018 at 12:31
  • $\begingroup$ OMG the author of these kind of riddles commented :) $\endgroup$
    – Dranier
    Apr 25, 2018 at 13:14
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    $\begingroup$ @Riley lmao you got a fan $\endgroup$
    – Sensoray
    Apr 25, 2018 at 14:14
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    $\begingroup$ @Riley Ah, well, but "the author is dead" and I'm not sure you get to decide what counts as a Riley riddle merely because you are Riley :-). $\endgroup$
    – Gareth McCaughan ♦
    Apr 25, 2018 at 16:53

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Perhaps:

Syntax

My prefix is when you do something bad.

Syn sounds like 'sin'

Somewhere in the middle you can see a choice between a yes and a no.

Y\N is a common abbreviation of Yes\No

And lastly I have a financial suffix.

Tax is a financial term

...keeping things in order/proper order

Syntax is the proper arrangement of words in a sentence.

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    – Dranier
    Apr 26, 2018 at 13:39
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Is the answer.

Deathrate

My prefix is something bad

Death is bad.

And lastly I have a financial suffix

Rate is a common term used in finance.

I also like keeping things in order

Deathrate helps to keep the population of country in order as overpopulation is bad.

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  • $\begingroup$ "My infix keeps me down" rot13(rng) :) $\endgroup$
    – Chowzen
    Apr 25, 2018 at 11:43
  • $\begingroup$ Nice answer but it is not the answer I was looking for $\endgroup$
    – Dranier
    Apr 25, 2018 at 13:10
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    $\begingroup$ I thought "qrngu engr" was two words. $\endgroup$
    – noedne
    Apr 25, 2018 at 16:44
  • $\begingroup$ For the benefit of any further commenters (or would-be editors), this post quotes the original wording of the riddle (see Edit History) before the text was altered/improved by the OP in later edits :) $\endgroup$
    – Stiv
    Apr 6, 2021 at 20:01

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