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Offence caused by very French attempt at seduction (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

trespass

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'offence' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'very french attempt at seduction' is the wordplay.
'very french' becomes 'tres' ('very' in French).
'attempt at seduction' becomes 'pass' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'tres'+'pass'='TRESPASS'

'caused by' is the link.

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(Other definitions for trespass that I've seen before include "Entry without permission" , "Illegal entry" , "Go where one shouldn't" , "Transgress" , "Go out of bounds" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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