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Crime's grown out of control (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wrong

'crime's' is the definition.
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'grown out of control' is the wordplay.
'out of control' indicates anagramming the letters.
'grown' is an anagram of 'WRONG'.

(Other definitions for wrong that I've seen before include "Mistaken" , "Inappropriate" , "Incorrect, illegal or immoral" , "Injury - incorrect" , "Inaccurate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.
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