Swindled revolutionary at English dockside (7)

I believe the answer is:

cheated

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'swindled' is the definition.

'revolutionary at english dockside' is the wordplay.
'revolutionary' becomes 'che' (Che Guevara the Marxist revolutionary).
'english dockside' becomes 'ed' (this might be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'che'+'at'+'ed'='CHEATED'

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(Other definitions for cheated that I've seen before include "Behaved dishonestly" , "Defeated through deceit" , "taken for a ride" , "stung" .)

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

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