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American journalist that's taken advantage of (4)

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I believe the answer is:

used

'taken advantage of' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'american journalist' is the wordplay.
'american' becomes 'us'.
'journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'us'+'ed'='USED'

'that's' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for used that I've seen before include "no stranger" , "Second-hand; exploited" , "took a chance on becoming dependent" , "That's not new" , "with some traffic" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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