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Second victory against England finally? The French cheat! (7)

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I believe the answer is:

swindle

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'cheat' is the definition.
(both can mean to defraud or deceive)

'second victory against england finally? the french' is the wordplay.
'second' becomes 's' (common abbreviation).
'victory' becomes 'win' (a win is a victory).
'against' says to put letters next to each other.
'england finally?' becomes 'd' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'the french' becomes 'le' ('the' in French).
's'+'win'+'d'+'le'='SWINDLE'

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(Other definitions for swindle that I've seen before include "Ramp" , "Trick" , "fleece" , "Cheat; fraud" , "Scam" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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