The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word DESPOIL
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More clues leading to the result DESPOIL
- Oddly, dress Penny with possibly crude sack
- Rifle shot polished husband off!
- Ruin poor oldies parking at the centre
- I start to laugh after autocrat almost gets sack
- Sack, oddly lopsided, cut short
- Rob dictator unendingly – I have last to fail
- Strip of French land including left bank in Paris
- Director George Lucas ultimately turning cheek, taking Oscar loot
- Rifle is sloped I fancy
- Loot is piled so high
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The straight part
We know that "Strip" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case strip = despoil.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does DESPOIL mean?
DESPOIL noun- Plunder; spoliation.
- To plunder; to pillage; take spoil from.
- To violently strip (someone), with indirect object of their possessions etc.; to rob.
- To strip (someone) of their clothes; to undress.