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Charge dime after peeling fruit (7)

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I believe the answer is:

impeach

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'charge dime' is the definition.
'impeach' can be an answer for 'charge' (impeachment means charging a public official). I am unsure of the 'dime' bit.

'after peeling fruit' is the wordplay.
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'peeling' becomes 'im' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'fruit' becomes 'peach' (type of fruit).
'im' next to 'peach' is 'IMPEACH'.

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(Other definitions for impeach that I've seen before include "Bring an accusation against" , "In America, charge with misconduct - say President" , "Charge with a crime (against the state)" , "Charge public official with misconduct - Clinton?" , "Arraign, charge" .)

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