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Taking object, servant I mistreated hides it (10)

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I believe the answer is:

transitive

'taking object' is the definition.
(transitive verbs take a grammatical object)

'servant i mistreated hides it' is the wordplay.
'mistreated' is an anagram indicator.
'hides' is an insertion indicator.
'servant'+'i'='servanti'
'servanti' anagrammed gives 'transive'.
'transive' going around 'it' is 'TRANSITIVE'.

(Other definitions for transitive that I've seen before include "Passing over" , "Taking an object" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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