Did a favour in big dole corruption (7)
I believe the answer is:
obliged
'did a favour' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with social activities as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'big dole corruption' is the wordplay.
'corruption' indicates an anagram.
'big'+'dole'='bigdole'
'bigdole' anagrammed gives 'OBLIGED'.
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for obliged that I've seen before include "Grateful - compelled" , "Morally or legally bound (to do something)" , "Indebted" , "Bound by a favour rendered" , "required" .)