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Confiscate drugs (cocaine) with passion (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

escheat

'confiscate' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'drugs cocaine with passion' is the wordplay.
'drugs' becomes 'es' (E is a term for an ecstasy pill).
'cocaine' becomes 'C' (drugs abbreviation).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'passion' becomes 'heat' (synonyms).
'es'+'c'+'heat'='ESCHEAT'

(Other definitions for escheat that I've seen before include "property taken by Crown" , "Property returned" , "reversion of property" , "forfeited property" , "Confiscate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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