Delinquent split weak barrel (10)

I believe the answer is:

lawbreaker

'delinquent' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'split weak barrel' is the wordplay.
'split' indicates an anagram (letters split up and reassembled).
'weak'+'barrel'='weakbarrel'
'weakbarrel' anagrammed gives 'LAWBREAKER'.

(Other definitions for lawbreaker that I've seen before include "Perpetrator of crime" , "Delinquent" , "Criminal" , "Villain" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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