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Deceive gangster and pick up kilogram (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hoodwink

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'deceive' is the definition.
(I know that hoodwink is a more specific form of the action deceive)

'gangster and pick up kilogram' is the wordplay.
'gangster' becomes 'hood' (I've seen this before).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'pick up' becomes 'win' (I've seen this in another clue).
'kilogram' becomes 'k' (this might be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'hood'+'win'+'k'='HOODWINK'

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(Other definitions for hoodwink that I've seen before include "Put wool over eyes of" , "Dupe, bamboozle" , "Deceive, fool" , "Deceive - cheat" , "Deceive, trick" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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