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Donation boxes are said to be a scam
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THE MISSING PIECE
Donation boxes are said to be a scam
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THE ANSWER
GRIFT
The definition
Our definition here is 'a scam', and our answer will be another word for that.
The wordplay
Homophone
This clue's fodder is 'Donation' and 'are'. We'll need to find substitutes for both of these and use them to construct our answer, as guided by the clue's indicators.
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