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Cheat me out of a weapon (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

machete

'a weapon' is the definition.
(I know that machete is a type of knife)

'cheat me out' is the wordplay.
'out' is an anagram indicator (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'cheat'+'me'='cheatme'
'cheatme' with letters rearranged gives 'MACHETE'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for machete that I've seen before include "Heavy South American knife" , "Heavy knife used as weapon" , "Jungle blade" , "Large heavy knife for cutting vegetation" , "Knife for hacking" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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