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Ethics broken by arm-twisting companion (7)

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I believe the answer is:

comrade

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'companion' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'ethics broken by arm-twisting' is the wordplay.
'ethics' becomes 'code' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'broken by' is an insertion indicator.
'twisting' says the letters should be written backwards (letters twist back).
'arm' back-to-front is 'mra'.
'code' enclosing 'mra' is 'COMRADE'.

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(Other definitions for comrade that I've seen before include "Fellow-soldier" , "Fellow member of the armed forces" , "Fellow socialist or good friend" , "Fellow-in-arms" , "Colleague" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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