Soviet police man breaking sticks off (8)
I believe the answer is:
chekists
'soviet police man breaking sticks off' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'man breaking sticks off' is the wordplay.
'man' becomes 'he' (pronoun for a man).
'breaking' indicates putting letters inside.
'off' indicates anagramming the letters.
'sticks' is an anagram of 'ckists'.
'he' going inside 'ckists' is 'CHEKISTS'.
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