Again take liberties so empire is reconstructed (8)

I believe the answer is:

reimpose

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'again take liberties' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'so empire is reconstructed' is the wordplay.
'is reconstructed' is an anagram indicator.
'so'+'empire'='soempire'
'soempire' with letters rearranged gives 'REIMPOSE'.

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(Another definition for reimpose that I've seen is " Some pier (anag.)".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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