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Last month, F Prefect’s friend becoming corrupt! (8)

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I believe the answer is:

decadent

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'corrupt' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'last month f prefect's friend' is the wordplay.
'last month' becomes 'dec' (December, last month of the year).
'f prefect's friend' becomes 'adent' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'dec'+'adent'='DECADENT'

'becoming' is the link.

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(Other definitions for decadent that I've seen before include "Luxuriously self-indulgent" , "Morally deficient; declining" , "Decanted in corrupt way" , "abandoned" , "Self-indulgent or immoral" .)

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