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Pressure applied to a US felon (4)

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I believe the answer is:

perp

'us felon' is the definition.
(I know this)

'pressure applied to a' is the wordplay.
'pressure' becomes 'p' (abbreviation).
'applied to' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a' becomes 'per' (eg 'one a day' means 'one per day').
'p' after 'per' is 'PERP'.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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