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The German man carrying ID being mocked (7)

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I believe the answer is:

derided

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

'the german man carrying id' is the wordplay.
'the german' becomes 'de' (abbreviation for Deutschland).
'man' becomes 'red' ().
'carrying' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'red' going around 'id' is 'rided'.
'de'+'rided'='DERIDED'

(Other definitions for derided that I've seen before include "Scorned" , "Ridiculed" , "Made fun of" , "Treated or spoke of with contempt" , "Did rubbish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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