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Prisoner stupid to maintain corruption (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

contamination

'corruption' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'prisoner stupid to maintain' is the wordplay.
'prisoner' becomes 'con' (abbreviation for 'convict').
'stupid' is an anagram indicator (in a stupid order).
'to'+'maintain'='tomaintain'
'tomaintain' is an anagram of 'tamination'.
'con'+'tamination'='CONTAMINATION'

(Other definitions for contamination that I've seen before include "Addition of impurities or pollutants" , "Pollution; defilement" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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