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One with police department enters residence for murder (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

homicide

'murder' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'one with police department enters residence' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'police department' becomes 'CID' (abbreviation for Criminal Investigation Department).
'enters' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'residence' becomes 'home' (home is a kind of residence).
'i'+'cid'='icid'
'icid' put inside 'home' is 'HOMICIDE'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for homicide that I've seen before include "Serious crime" , "Murder (of one person)" , "The killing of one person by another" , "The killing of one human by another" , "The killing of a human (mainly US)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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