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Live troll oddly ignored American convict, current leader who partied with young girls (10)

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I believe the answer is:

berlusconi

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'leader who partied with young girls' is the definition.
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'live troll oddly ignored american convict current' is the wordplay.
'live' becomes 'be' (synonyms).
'oddly ignored' indicates alternate letters (letters in odd-numbered positions are removed).
'american' becomes 'US' (United States).
'convict' becomes 'con' (abbreviation e.g. 'ex-con').
'current' becomes 'I' (physics symbol).
The alternating letters of 'troll' are 'rl'.
'be'+'rl'+'us'+'con'+'i'='BERLUSCONI'

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