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Complained about having been barred (6)

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I believe the answer is:

railed

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'barred' is the definition.
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'complained about having been' is the wordplay.
'complained about' becomes 'rai' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'having' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'been' becomes 'led' (leading is a kind of being).
'rai'+'led'='RAILED'

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(Other definitions for railed that I've seen before include "Complained angrily, being barred" , "Complained bitterly, being barred" , "Complained loudly,being barred" , "Complained or protested strongly" , "Complained strongly, being barred" .)

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