Fresh respect due to the victimised (10)

I believe the answer is:

persecuted

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'the victimised' is the definition.
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'fresh respect due' is the wordplay.
'fresh' indicates anagramming the letters (a fresh re-ordering of the letters).
'respect'+'due'='respectdue'
'respectdue' with letters rearranged gives 'PERSECUTED'.

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(Other definitions for persecuted that I've seen before include "Ill-treated" , "abused" , "Persistently harassed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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