I will leave robber choice between wife and daughter - it's offensive (3,1,4)
I believe the answer is:
the f word
'wife and daughter it's offensive' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.
'i will leave robber choice' is the wordplay.
'will leave' is a deletion indicator.
'robber' becomes 'thief' (both can mean someone who steals).
'choice' becomes 'word' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'thief' with 'i' removed is 'thef'.
'thef'+'word'='THE F WORD'
'between' is the link.
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