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Detectives I upset with regulation about mockery (8)

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I believe the answer is:

ridicule

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'mockery' is the definition.
(I know that mockery can be written as ridicule)

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(Other definitions for ridicule that I've seen before include "Pour scorn on" , "satire" , "Laugh at or deride" , "Mock, make fun of." , "guy" .)

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