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Brutal police make move, seizing criminal tapes (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gestapo

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'brutal police' is the definition.
'Gestapo' can be an answer for 'police' (Nazi secret police). I'm unsure of the 'brutal' bit.

'move seizing criminal tapes' is the wordplay.
'move' becomes 'go' (to go is to move).
'seizing' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters are seized).
'criminal' indicates an anagram.
'tapes' anagrammed gives 'estap'.
'go' enclosing 'estap' is 'GESTAPO'.

'make' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for gestapo that I've seen before include "Postage to Nazi secret police" , "Postage for Hitler's police" , "Nazi German police" , "Police detested" , "Postage (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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