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Doctor corrupt photos that might be produced in court (4,4)

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I believe the answer is:

drop shot

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'doctor corrupt photos that might be produced in court' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'doctor corrupt photos' is the wordplay.
'doctor' becomes 'dr' (abbreviation).
'corrupt' is an anagram indicator (a corrupted form).
'photos' is an anagram of 'opshot'.
'dr'+'opshot'='DROP-SHOT'

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(Other definitions for drop shot that I've seen before include "One may land in court" , "Hit (in tennis, squash) awkward to return" , "strong highball? Hardly" , "Stroke" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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