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Gold-digger reports cop for corruption (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

prospector

'gold-digger' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'reports cop for corruption' is the wordplay.
'for corruption' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'reports'+'cop'='reportscop'
'reportscop' is an anagram of 'PROSPECTOR'.

(Other definitions for prospector that I've seen before include "Gold-digger" , "Clementine's father, perhaps?" , "One searching for valuable minerals" , "Searcher after valuable ores" , "Searcher for minerals" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.
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