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Top police force take a nosedive (7)

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I believe the answer is:

plummet

'a nosedive' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'top police force' is the wordplay.
'top' becomes 'plum' (plum can mean excellent or top-class).
'police force' becomes 'met' (short for Metropolitan Police Service).
'plum'+'met'='PLUMMET'

'take' is the link.

(Other definitions for plummet that I've seen before include "fall sharply" , "Plunge headlong" , "Drop at speed" , "Fall headlong" , "Drop sharply" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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