Feeling of unease evident in German criminal (8)

I believe the answer is:

gangster

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'criminal' is the definition.
(I know that gangster is a type of criminal)

'feeling of unease evident in german' is the wordplay.
'feeling of unease' becomes 'angst' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'evident in' indicates putting letters inside.
'german' becomes 'ger' (abbreviation).
'angst' put within 'ger' is 'GANGSTER'.

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(Other definitions for gangster that I've seen before include "Hood, desperado" , "Member of a mob like Al Capone" , "Gun-toting mob member" , "Villain" , "Member of criminal mob" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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