The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word PALM
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result PALM
- Prize money initially given to friend...
- Tree? China has millions
- Secretly snatch victory?
- China last to claim victory, symbolically
- Buddy with male date?
- Friend at outset mentions tree
- Execute part of a card trick from China, with introduction from magician
- Friend gets married … to a tree?
- Tree from China, source of myrrh
- Appropriate line in revolutionary plan
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The straight part
We know that "victory, symbolically" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case victory, symbolically = palm.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does PALM mean?
PALM noun- Any of various evergreen trees from the family Palmae or Arecaceae, which are mainly found in the tropics.
- A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing.
- (by extension) Triumph; victory.
- Any of 23 awards that can be earned after obtaining the Eagle Scout rank, but generally only before turning 18 years old.
- The inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
- The corresponding part of the forefoot of a lower mammal.
- A linear measure equal either to the breadth of the hand or to its length from the wrist to the ends of the fingers; a hand; used in measuring a horse's height.
- (sailmaking) A metallic disk attached to a strap and worn in the palm of the hand; used to push the needle through the canvas, in sewing sails, etc.
- The broad flattened part of an antler, as of a full-grown fallow deer; so called as resembling the palm of the hand with its protruding fingers.
- The flat inner face of an anchor fluke.
- To hold or conceal something in the palm of the hand, e.g, for an act of sleight of hand or to steal something.
- To hold something without bending the fingers significantly.
- To move something with the palm of the hand.