Poor devil gets charged by detective with a malevolent look (4-4)

I believe the answer is:

evil-eyed

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'poor devil gets charged' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'detective with a malevolent look' is the wordplay.
'detective' becomes 'd' (this could be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a malevolent look' becomes 'evileye' (I've seen this before).
'd' after 'evileye' is 'EVIL-EYED'.

'by' is the link.

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I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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