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Become mature, with reprobate ways (5)

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I believe the answer is:

ripen

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'become mature' is the definition.
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'with reprobate ways' is the wordplay.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'reprobate' becomes 'rip' (informal term for a fraud).
'ways' becomes 'en' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'rip' next to 'en' is 'RIPEN'.

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(Other definitions for ripen that I've seen before include "Become ready for eating" , "Grow older" , "Come to maturity like fruit" , "Get ready to open" , "Season" .)

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