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Lawman confiscates ecstasy from trashed Tyrolean teenager (8,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

attorney general

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'ecstasy from trashed tyrolean teenager' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'lawman confiscates' is the wordplay.
'lawman' becomes 'attorney' (I've seen this before).
'confiscates' becomes 'general' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'attorney'+'general'='ATTORNEY GENERAL'

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(Other definitions for attorney general that I've seen before include "Chief law officer" , "Government official" , "Lawman" , "Crown legal officer" , "Senior lawyer" .)

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