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Consolidated if in due corruption (7)

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I believe the answer is:

unified

'consolidated' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'if in due corruption' is the wordplay.
'corruption' indicates anagramming the letters.
'if'+'in'+'due'='ifindue'
'ifindue' anagrammed gives 'UNIFIED'.

(Other definitions for unified that I've seen before include "Made one" , "Joined together" , "Brought together as one" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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