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He may have fled corrupt regime? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

emigre

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'he may have fled' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'corrupt regime?' is the wordplay.
'corrupt' is an anagram indicator (a corrupted form).
'regime' with letters rearranged gives 'EMIGRE'.

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(Other definitions for emigre that I've seen before include "person coming from Russia without love, perhaps" , "One gone abroad for political reasons" , "One who's fled abroad" , "One living abroad (to escape regime)" , "Person settling in another country" .)

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