Soldiers tormented OAP's parrot (10)

I believe the answer is:

paratroops

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

'tormented oap's parrot' is the wordplay.
'tormented' indicates an anagram.
'oaps'+'parrot'='oapsparrot'
'oapsparrot' is an anagram of 'PARATROOPS'.

(Another definition for paratroops that I've seen is " Soldiers".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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