See corrupt criminal as one who troubles others (10)

I believe the answer is:

persecutor

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'one who troubles others' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'see corrupt criminal' is the wordplay.
'criminal' indicates anagramming the letters.
'see'+'corrupt'='seecorrupt'
'seecorrupt' with letters rearranged gives 'PERSECUTOR'.

'as' is the link.

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(Other definitions for persecutor that I've seen before include "Saul, for one" , "tormentor" , "Persistent harasser" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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