Cryptic crossword clue
Victims of carbon copy attack kept on board ship 10

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word SCAPEGOATS

I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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The straight part
We know that "Victims" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case victims = scapegoats.
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 SCAPEGOATS mean?

SCAPEGOATS noun
  1. In the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed.
  2. Someone punished for the error or errors of someone else.
SCAPEGOATS verb
  1. To punish someone for the error or errors of someone else; to make a scapegoat of.
  2. To blame something for the problems of a given society without evidence to back up the claim.

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