Make eyes at police officer and risk being arrested? (5,4,3,3)

I believe the answer is:

flirt with the law

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'make eyes' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'police officer and risk being arrested?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'police' could be 'thelaw' (I've seen this before) and 'thelaw' is found within the answer.
'and' could be 'with' and 'with' is located in the answer.
'being' could be 'flirt' (flirt is a kind of being) and 'flirt' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'at' acts as a link.

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I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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