Describes as evil different characters from Des Moines (9)

I believe the answer is:

demonises

'describes as evil' is the definition.

'different characters from des moines' is the wordplay.
'different characters from' indicates anagramming the letters (the same characters ordered differently).
'des'+'moines'='desmoines'
'desmoines' is an anagram of 'DEMONISES'.

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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