Cryptic crossword clue
Figure hoarding 1,000 diamonds gets stabbed 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word PRICKED

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The straight part
We know that "stabbed" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case stabbed = pricked.
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What does PRICKED mean?

PRICKED verb
  1. To pierce or puncture slightly.
  2. To form by piercing or puncturing.
  3. To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark.
  4. To mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to trace a ship’s course on (a chart).
  5. To run a middle seam through the cloth of a sail.
  6. To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing.
  7. To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture.
  8. To make or become sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; said especially of the ears of an animal, such as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up.
  9. Usually in the form prick out: to plant (seeds or seedlings) in holes made in soil at regular intervals.
  10. To incite, stimulate, goad.
  11. To urge one's horse on; to ride quickly.
  12. To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.
  13. To make acidic or pungent.
  14. To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.
  15. To aim at a point or mark.
  16. Usually as prick up: to dress or adorn; to prink.
PRICKED adjective
  1. Punctured by small holes

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