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Detest crime that involves injuring men (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

abhor

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'detest crime that involves' is the definition.
'abhor' can be an answer for 'detest' (I've seen this in another clue). I am not sure about the rest of the definition.

'injuring men' is the wordplay.
'injuring' becomes 'abh' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'men' becomes 'OR' (military abbreviation for Other Ranks).
'abh'+'or'='ABHOR'

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(Other definitions for abhor that I've seen before include "Find horrible" , "Recoil from" , "Find disgusting" , "Dislike very much" , "can't stand" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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