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Defiant criminal undoes Britain (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

insubordinate

'defiant' is the definition.
('insubordinate' can be similar in meaning to 'defiant')

'criminal undoes britain' is the wordplay.
'criminal' indicates anagramming the letters.
'undoes'+'britain'='undoesbritain'
'undoesbritain' with letters rearranged gives 'INSUBORDINATE'.

(Other definitions for insubordinate that I've seen before include "undisciplined" , "Badly behaved" , "Defiant of authority" , "Not submissive to authority" , "Mutinous" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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