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They’d ruin sea trip? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pirates

'they'd' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'ruin sea trip?' is the wordplay.
'ruin' indicates an anagram.
'sea'+'trip'='seatrip'
'seatrip' is an anagram of 'PIRATES'.

(Other definitions for pirates that I've seen before include "Copyright infringers" , "Sea trip (anag.)" , "Buccaneers" , "More than one brigand" , "Chatters, talks foolishly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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