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For taking away from the country (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

togo

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'the country' is the definition.
(Togo is an example)

'for taking away' is the wordplay.
'for' becomes 'to' (eg both can mean 'in the opinion of').
'taking' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'away' becomes 'go' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to'+'go'='TOGO'

'from' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for togo that I've seen before include "West African republic" , "African country E. of Ghana" , "territory of some West Africans" , "place in Africa" , "W African country" .)

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