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Cries when the law is broken (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wails

'cries' is the definition.
(wailing is a kind of crying)

'the law is broken' is the wordplay.
'broken' indicates an anagram.
'law'+'is'='lawis'
'lawis' is an anagram of 'WAILS'.

'when' is the link.

(Other definitions for wails that I've seen before include "Laments loudly" , "Cries" , "Grieves" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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