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Treated like rubbish (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dumped

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'treated like rubbish' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with ownership as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

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(Other definitions for dumped that I've seen before include "Deselected" , "abandoned" , "Ditched" , "Deposited as rubbish, or got rid of" , "Left" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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