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At lido, pose in pants? It's what strippers do (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

despoliation

'it's what strippers do' is the definition.
(despoliation is stripping or ravaging a place)

'at lido pose in pants?' is the wordplay.
'pants?' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'pants' mean this (UK informal term for 'nonsense' or 'rubbish')).
'at'+'lido'+'pose'+'in'='atlidoposein'
'atlidoposein' anagrammed gives 'DESPOLIATION'.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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