Note to justify ousting leader - and bring under government control (11)
I believe the answer is:
nationalise
'bring under government control' is the definition.
(take into national control)
'note to justify ousting leader and' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'note' could be 'ti' (musical note as in do re mi fa so la ti) and 'ti' is found within the answer.
'leader' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is found within the answer.
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for nationalise that I've seen is " Convert from private to government ownership".)