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Transfer prisoner with a gesture (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

consign

'transfer' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'prisoner with a gesture' is the wordplay.
'prisoner' becomes 'con' (abbreviation for 'convict').
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a gesture' becomes 'sign' (sign is a kind of gesture).
'con'+'sign'='CONSIGN'

(Other definitions for consign that I've seen before include "Hand over (to the Post Office?)" , "dispatch" , "A PM; a race since 1780" , "Commit or deliver formally" , "Give over to another" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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