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One gets caught, hugged by tender policeman (7)

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I believe the answer is:

officer

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'policeman' is the definition.
(I know that policeman can be written as officer)

'one gets caught hugged by tender' is the wordplay.
'one gets caught' becomes 'ic' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'hugged by' indicates putting letters inside (I've seen this in other clues).
'tender' becomes 'offer' (synonyms).
'ic' going into 'offer' is 'OFFICER'.

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(Other definitions for officer that I've seen before include "Soldier with commission" , "He holds a commission" , "Possibly general" , "Person appointed to position of responsibility" , "Person holding a commission in the services" .)

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