The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word PROROGUE
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More clues leading to the result PROROGUE
- No amateur baddy to hold off for a while
- Suspend for not behaving predictably?
- Temporarily suspend professional baddie
- Stop meeting hooker, reprobate!
- Temporarily dismiss person who’s paid villain
- Put off professional prankster
- Urge poor to revolt and interrupt parliament
- Acting poor — urge to adjourn for the time being
- Master villain to suspend a meeting
- Temporarily halt start of play after second side’s changed
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The straight part
We know that "Stop meeting" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case stop meeting = prorogue.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does PROROGUE mean?
PROROGUE verb- To suspend (a parliamentary session) or to discontinue the meetings of (an assembly, parliament etc.) without formally ending the session.
- To defer.
- To prolong or extend.