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Hebrew name for an illegal organisation (3)

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I believe the answer is:

ira

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

'hebrew name for an' is the wordplay.
'hebrew name' becomes 'ir' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'an' becomes 'a'.
'ir'+'a'='IRA'

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(Other definitions for ira that I've seen before include "Militant Irish nationalist organisation" , "Songwriter George's elder brother" , "Gershwin, say" , "terrorists" , "Brother of George Gershwin" .)

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