Admen cynic represented as begging (10)
I believe the answer is:
mendicancy
'begging' is the definition.
(I know that begging can be written as mendicancy)
'admen cynic represented' is the wordplay.
'represented' indicates an anagram.
'admen'+'cynic'='admencynic'
'admencynic' is an anagram of 'MENDICANCY'.
'as' acts as a link.
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