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Criminal sold a vice that's articulated (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

vocalised

'articulated' is the definition.

'criminal sold a vice' is the wordplay.
'criminal' indicates an anagram.
'sold'+'a'+'vice'='soldavice'
'soldavice' anagrammed gives 'VOCALISED'.

'that's' acts as a link.

(Another definition for vocalised that I've seen is " sung".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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