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Plonk from French politician (4)

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I believe the answer is:

dump

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'plonk' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with contact as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'french politician' is the wordplay.
'french' becomes 'du' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'politician' becomes 'MP' (Member of Parliament).
'du'+'mp'='DUMP'

'from' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for dump that I've seen before include "Get rid of" , "Site for rubbish" , "Empty out" , "deposit" , "Place where rubbish is deposited" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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