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Threaten people with a club, perhaps (6)

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menace

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'threaten' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'people with a club perhaps' is the wordplay.
'people' becomes 'men' (men can refer to humanity as a whole).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'a club perhaps' becomes 'ace' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'men'+'ace'='MENACE'

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(Other definitions for menace that I've seen before include "A source of danger" , "Serious threat" , "serious nuisance" , "Threat; threaten" , "ominous atmosphere" .)

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