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Make a bet about regulation regarding discharge (8)

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I believe the answer is:

purulent

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'regulation regarding discharge' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'make a bet about' is the wordplay.
'make' becomes 'rule' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'a bet' becomes 'punt' (I've seen this before).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'rule' inserted inside 'punt' is 'PURULENT'.

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(Another definition for purulent that I've seen is " pussy?".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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