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Cheat at falsely presenting a case (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

attache

'a case' is the definition.
(I know that attache is a type of briefcase)

'cheat at falsely' is the wordplay.
'falsely' indicates anagramming the letters.
'cheat'+'at'='cheatat'
'cheatat' anagrammed gives 'ATTACHE'.

'presenting' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for attache that I've seen before include "Member of ambassador's staff" , "Specialised envoy" , "Embassy official" , "Embassy worker" , "Connected to the French" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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