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Judged to be a traitor to the editor (5)

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I believe the answer is:

rated

'judged' is the definition.
(rating is a kind of judging)

'a traitor to the editor' is the wordplay.
'a traitor' becomes 'rat' (rat can mean a treacherous person).
'to the editor' becomes 'ed' (abbreviation).
'rat'+'ed'='RATED'

'to be' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for rated that I've seen before include "Assessed, valued" , "Censured" , "Classified or graded" , "Adjudged" , "Graded, ranked" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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