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Nothing in boat navy finds corrupt (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

suborn

'corrupt' is the definition.
(suborning is a kind of corrupting)

'nothing in boat navy' is the wordplay.
'nothing' becomes 'o' (looks like zero - 0).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'boat' becomes 'sub' (I've seen this before).
'navy' becomes 'rn' (abbreviation for Royal Navy).
'sub'+'rn'='subrn'
'o' put into 'subrn' is 'SUBORN'.

'finds' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for suborn that I've seen before include "Bribe for evil ends" , "Bribe (someone) to commit an unlawful act" , "Bribe to do wrong" , "Induce by bribery to abandon duty" , "Bribe (someone) to break law" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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