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Rob's pronouncement of a woman who's suitable? (14)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

misappropriate

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'rob's' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with ownership as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'pronouncement of a woman who's suitable?' is the wordplay.
'pronouncement of a woman who's' becomes 'mis' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'suitable?' becomes 'appropriate' ('appropriate' can be a synonym of 'suitable').
'mis'+'appropriate'='MISAPPROPRIATE'

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(Other definitions for misappropriate that I've seen before include "embezzle" , "pocket" , "Steal, take unfairly" , "Lift" , "Unfairly take for one's own use" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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