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Drunken mob rage during prohibition (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

embargo

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'prohibition' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'drunken mob rage' is the wordplay.
'drunken' indicates anagramming the letters.
'mob'+'rage'='mobrage'
'mobrage' anagrammed gives 'EMBARGO'.

'during' is the link.
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(Other definitions for embargo that I've seen before include "Order forbidding ships to enter or leave port, and a ban on trade" , "Trading ban" , "Ban, veto" , "Order intended to prevent trade" , "Government trade ban" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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