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Kurd bullied occasionally in EU country creates deception (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fraudulence

'deception' is the definition.
(fraudulence is a kind of deception)

'kurd bullied occasionally in eu country' is the wordplay.
'occasionally' indicates alternate letters (letters taken at regular intervals or occasions).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'eu country' becomes 'France' (member of the European Union).
'kurd'+'bullied'='kurdbullied'
The alternating letters of 'kurdbullied' are 'udule'.
'udule' going into 'france' is 'FRAUDULENCE'.

'creates' is the link.

(Other definitions for fraudulence that I've seen before include "Criminal deception" , "Double-dealing" , "dishonesty" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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