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Dodgy régimes may produce these? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

emigres

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'produce these?' is the definition.
The definition suggests an adverb but the answer is not.

'dodgy regimes' is the wordplay.
'dodgy' is an anagram indicator (a dodgy or wrong order of the letters).
'regimes' anagrammed gives 'EMIGRES'.

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(Other definitions for emigres that I've seen before include "Those leaving their own country for political reasons" , "They may take flight" , "People who leave one country to settle in another" , "People moving to another country" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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