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Ran off with young woman briefly with right-wing dictator? (15)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

misappropriated

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'ran off with young woman briefly' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'with right-wing dictator?' is the wordplay.
'with' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'right' becomes 'appropriate' ('appropriate' can be similar in meaning to 'right').
'wing dictator?' becomes 'misd' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'appropriate' placed inside 'misd' is 'MISAPPROPRIATED'.

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(Other definitions for misappropriated that I've seen before include "pinched" , "What embezzler did" , "Stole" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.
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