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Harass Medical Officer in case (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

molest

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'harass' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'medical officer in case' is the wordplay.
'medical officer' becomes 'mo' (this could be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
'in case' becomes 'lest' (I've seen this before).
'mo'+'lest'='MOLEST'

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(Other definitions for molest that I've seen before include "abuse" , "Assault hostilely" , "Handle roughly, torment" , "Maliciously interfere with" , "Paw" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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