The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word CABINET
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result CABINET
- Taxi, one appropriate for a group of politicians
- Chippendale, say, for PM?
- Carriage to pull in, transporting first person in box
- I can’t be shifting display case
- … about to dispose of film display unit
- Ministers dwelling over case of entrapment
- Conservative elected amid support in political grouping
- Senior ministers start to carp somewhat about Tyneside
- In taxi, I take home a piece of furniture
- Taxi I pull in for governmental group
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The straight part
We know that "a piece of furniture" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case a piece of furniture = cabinet.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CABINET mean?
CABINET noun- A storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall.
- A cupboard.
- The upright assembly that houses a coin-operated arcade game, a cab.
- A size of photograph, specifically one measuring 3⅞" by 5½".
- A group of advisors to a government or business entity.
- (often capitalized) In parliamentary and some other systems of government, the group of ministers responsible for creating government policy and for overseeing the departments comprising the executive branch.
- A small chamber or private room.
- (often capitalized) A collection of art or ethnographic objects.
- (Rhode Island) Milkshake.
- A hut; a cottage; a small house.
- An enclosure for mechanical or electrical equipment.