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Stolen radio permits pap to be broadcast

Ross

I believe the answer is:

misappropriated

'stolen' is the definition.
(misappropriating is a kind of stealing)

'radio permits pap to be broadcast' is the wordplay.
'to be broadcast' indicates anagramming the letters (letters scattered or cast around).
'radio'+'permits'+'pap'='radiopermitspap'
'radiopermitspap' is an anagram of 'MISAPPROPRIATED'.

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

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.
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