Opposed to working judge? (3,5)

I believe the answer is:

von trier

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'opposed to working judge?' is the definition.
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'opposed to working judge?' is the wordplay.
'opposed to' becomes 'v' (abbreviation for versus).
'working' becomes 'on' (on can mean working or activated).
'judge?' becomes 'trier' (a judge tries a case in court).
'v'+'on'+'trier'='VON TRIER'

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