Cryptic crossword clue
Supporting strike action, choose, say, to collect money 9

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word PICKETING

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The straight part
We know that "Supporting strike action" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case supporting strike action = picketing.
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What does PICKETING mean?

PICKETING verb
  1. To protest, organized by a labour union, typically in front of the location of employment.
  2. To enclose or fortify with pickets or pointed stakes.
  3. To tether to, or as if to, a picket.
  4. To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket.
  5. To torture by forcing to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.
PICKETING noun
  1. The act of one who pickets (in any sense).

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