Troopers rip off business owners (11)

I believe the answer is:

proprietors

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'business owners' is the definition.
'proprietors' can be an answer for 'owners' ('proprietor' can be a synonym of 'owner'). I am not certain of the 'business' bit.

'troopers rip off' is the wordplay.
'off' indicates anagramming the letters.
'troopers'+'rip'='troopersrip'
'troopersrip' is an anagram of 'PROPRIETORS'.

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