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Managed to get rid of and to carry out a search (7)

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I believe the answer is:

ransack

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'a search' is the definition.
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'managed to get rid of' is the wordplay.
'managed' becomes 'ran' (both can mean organised or was in charge of).
'to get rid of' becomes 'sack' (as in sacking a worker).
'ran'+'sack'='RANSACK'

'and to carry out' is the link.
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(Other definitions for ransack that I've seen before include "Search thoroughly and roughly" , "Examine thoroughly" , "Rummage, rifle" , "Search thoroughly and destructively" , "Search (a place) thoroughly" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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