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Dishonesty, altering prior count (10)

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I believe the answer is:

corruption

'dishonesty' is the definition.
(corruption is a kind of dishonesty)

'altering prior count' is the wordplay.
'altering' indicates an anagram.
'prior'+'count'='priorcount'
'priorcount' is an anagram of 'CORRUPTION'.

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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