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50s Oscar-winner beginning to rattle someone victimised (6)

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martyr

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(Other definitions for martyr that I've seen before include "One dying for belief" , "Person dying for a cause" , "One killed for faith" , "may be one hounded to death" , "put at stake?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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