Punishes corrupt alpine state emergency service (9)

I believe the answer is:

penalises

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

'corrupt alpine state emergency service' is the wordplay.
'corrupt' is an anagram indicator.
'state emergency service' becomes 'ses' (this could be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'alpine' is an anagram of 'penali'.
'penali'+'ses'='PENALISES'

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(Another definition for penalises that I've seen is " Punishes".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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