Country star taking in American prosecutor (5)

I believe the answer is:

sudan

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'country' is the definition.
(Sudan is an example)

'star taking in american prosecutor' is the wordplay.
'star' becomes 'sun' (the Sun is a star).
'taking in' is an insertion indicator.
'american prosecutor' becomes 'da' (District Attorney. I am not sure about the 'american' bit.).
'sun' enclosing 'da' is 'SUDAN'.

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(Other definitions for sudan that I've seen before include "Country W. of Ethiopia" , "African nation" , "Home for many Arabs" , "NE African country, capital Khartoum" , "Country in NE Africa, capital Khartoum" .)

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