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Disreputable member of Parliament shackled by prison sentence (3-4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

low-life

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

'member of parliament shackled by prison sentence' is the wordplay.
'member of parliament' becomes 'owl' ('parliament' is the collective noun for 'owl').
'shackled by' is an insertion indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'prison sentence' becomes 'life' (I've seen this in another clue).
'owl' inserted inside 'life' is 'LOW-LIFE'.

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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