I encountered this sentence.

```

    「○○とやら、渡してはならんぞ。」
    
```

The meaning is quite obvious: “○○, you mustn’t give it to them!”

The mystery to me is the とやら there. The meaning of “somebody called ○○”
doesn’t fit here for me. The speaker already knows the listener’s name and
both of them are standing in a single place. The direct addressing itself
should exclude the uncertainty that やら introduces, doesn’t it?

How does the やら change the meaning there?
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grammar particles
とやら in direct addressing
Without knowing more of the context and the exact relation between the
parties, I'd say that `とやら` adds an element of disparagement/slight: "Mr ○○ or
whatever was your name, you must not hand it over".

relevant discussion: <https://hinative.com/ja/questions/97950>

Possibly they're playing it up for some observer...
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