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With several speeches liar initially gaoled until tortured (10)

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'with several speeches liar initially gaoled until tortured' is the definition.
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'liar initially gaoled until tortured' is the wordplay.
'initially' indicates taking the first letters.
'tortured' indicates an anagram.
The initial letter of 'gaoled' is 'g'.
'liar'+'g'+'until'='liarguntil'
'liarguntil' anagrammed gives 'TRILINGUAL'.

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