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Bribes generated amidst suspicious behaviour (7)

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I believe the answer is:

suborns

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'bribes' is the definition.
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'generated amidst suspicious behaviour' is the wordplay.
'generated' becomes 'born' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'amidst' indicates putting letters inside (amidst can mean between or within).
'suspicious behaviour' becomes 'sus' (sus can be short for suspicious).
'born' going inside 'sus' is 'SUBORNS'.

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(Other definitions for suborns that I've seen before include "Bribes" , "Seduces by bribe" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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