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Consider US lawyer's twisted justice (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

adjudge

'consider' is the definition.
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'us lawyer's twisted justice' is the wordplay.
'us lawyer' becomes 'da' (abbreviation for District Attorney).
'twisted' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'justice' becomes 'judge' ('judge' can be a synonym of 'justice').
'da' in reverse letter order is 'ad'.
'ad'+'judge'='ADJUDGE'

(Other definitions for adjudge that I've seen before include "Give verdict" , "Value" , "Decree" , "Decide or award judicially" , "Decide formally" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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