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Skip American politician being caught by cleaner (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dumpster

'skip american' is the definition.
(an American term for a skip)

'politician being caught by cleaner' is the wordplay.
'politician' becomes 'MP' (Member of Parliament).
'being caught by' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'cleaner' becomes 'duster' (dusting is a type of cleaning).
'mp' going inside 'duster' is 'DUMPSTER'.

(Other definitions for dumpster that I've seen before include "Perhaps skip" , "bin" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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