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Forbidden content word of first ten (8)

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I believe the answer is:

verboten

'forbidden' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'content word of first ten' is the wordplay.
'content word' becomes 'verb' (verb is a kind of content word).
'first' says to take the initial letters.
The first letter of 'of' is 'o'.
'verb'+'o'+'ten'='VERBOTEN'

(Other definitions for verboten that I've seen before include "Forbidden to the Germans" , "Not sanctioned" , "Forbidden (German)" , "not allowed in German" , "Strictly not allowed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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