Hunting drape out with politician (9)

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predatory

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'hunting drape out with politician' is the definition.
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'drape out with politician' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates anagramming the letters (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'politician' becomes 'tory' (term for a Conservative Party politician).
'drape' is an anagram of 'preda'.
'preda'+'tory'='PREDATORY'

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(Other definitions for predatory that I've seen before include "Seeking to exploit others" , "Killing and feeding on others" , "Grasping and exploitative" , "Preying on others" , "Portrayed as exploiting others" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.

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