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Criminal minds more if dealt the wrong dope (11)

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I believe the answer is:

misinformed

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'dealt the wrong dope' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I don't see how they can define each other.

'criminal minds more if' is the wordplay.
'criminal' is an anagram indicator.
'minds'+'more'+'if'='mindsmoreif'
'mindsmoreif' is an anagram of 'MISINFORMED'.

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(Another definition for misinformed that I've seen is " was in error".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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