Courts that shot murderers (3-7)

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cut-throats

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'murderers' is the definition.
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'courts that shot' is the wordplay.
'shot' is an anagram indicator.
'courts'+'that'='courtsthat'
'courtsthat' is an anagram of 'CUT-THROATS'.

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