Remove misbehaving sergeant (8)

I believe the answer is:

estrange

'remove' is the definition.
(estranging is a kind of removing)

'misbehaving sergeant' is the wordplay.
'misbehaving' is an anagram indicator.
'sergeant' is an anagram of 'ESTRANGE'.

(Other definitions for estrange that I've seen before include "Lose friendship" , "Anger set (anag.)" , "Get on the wrong side of" , "drive apart" , "turn away?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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