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What's used in court to suppress fraud? (6,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

squash racket

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'fraud?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how they can define each other.

'what's used in court to suppress' is the wordplay.
'what's used in court' becomes 'racket' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'suppress' becomes 'squash' (I've seen this in another clue).
'racket' put after 'squash' is 'SQUASH RACKET'.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for squash racket that I've seen before include "One of a couple in court" , "Equipment used in an enclosed court game" .)

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