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Knives are out for such dishonest practices (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

knaveries

'such dishonest practices' is the definition.

'knives are out' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates anagramming the letters (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'knives'+'are'='knivesare'
'knivesare' is an anagram of 'KNAVERIES'.

'for' acts as a link.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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