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Garment missing last pocket (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

trouser

'pocket' is the definition.
(both can mean to steal or take)

'garment missing last' is the wordplay.
'garment' becomes 'trousers' (trousers is a kind of garment).
'missing last' means to remove the last letter.
'trousers' with its last letter removed is 'TROUSER'.

(Other definitions for trouser that I've seen before include "Pocket (slang)" , "Pocket (something)" , "Appropriate" , "For oneself" , "Our rest (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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