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A corset is removed in bar (9)

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I believe the answer is:

ostracise

'bar' is the definition.
('bar'->'ostracize' is in my internal thesaurus and 'ize'->'ise')

'a corset is removed' is the wordplay.
'removed' indicates anagramming the letters (moved again).
'a'+'corset'+'is'='acorsetis'
'acorsetis' is an anagram of 'OSTRACISE'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for ostracise that I've seen before include "exile" , "Shun, exclude" , "Socrates and I are made to exclude from society" , "Banish, blackball" , "Exclude from a group or society" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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