The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word CONFISCATE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result CONFISCATE
- Seize boat in scam woman’s initially engineered
- Seize cat if cones knocked over
- Take away tonic cafe’s put out
- Seize facts I once distorted
- Appropriate change of accent is made
- Study cafe and its cooking to take away
- Seize dissident factions in church
- Change of accent is appropriate
- Seize criminal one’s caught in end
- Grab criminal one’s caught in end
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The straight part
We know that "to take away" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case to take away = confiscate.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does CONFISCATE mean?
CONFISCATE verb- To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.
- Confiscated; seized and appropriated by the government for public use; forfeit.