Rated by female, with assistance secured (10)

I believe the answer is:

handbagged

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'rated by female' is the definition.
The definition suggests a past participle verb which matches the answer.

'with assistance secured' is the wordplay.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'assistance' becomes 'hand' (hand is a kind of assistance).
'secured' becomes 'bagged' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'hand' put next to 'bagged' is 'HANDBAGGED'.

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