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Get caught after police knock off (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dislodge

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'knock off' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'get caught after police' is the wordplay.
'get caught' becomes 'lodge' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'police' becomes 'dis' (detective inspectors or DIs).
'lodge' after 'dis' is 'DISLODGE'.

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(Other definitions for dislodge that I've seen before include "Remove from a fixed position" , "Force from an established position" , "Knock or force out of position" , "Knock out of a fixed position" , "Move from a fixed position" .)

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