Criminal asked Hun for ceremonial weapon (8)

I believe the answer is:

skeandhu

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'ceremonial weapon' is the definition.
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'criminal asked hun' is the wordplay.
'criminal' is an anagram indicator.
'asked'+'hun'='askedhun'
'askedhun' is an anagram of 'SKEANDHU'.

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