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Exile's collar turned up (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ban

'exile's' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'collar turned up' is the wordplay.
'collar' becomes 'nab' (both can mean to catch a person).
'turned up' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'nab' written backwards gives 'BAN'.

(Other definitions for ban that I've seen before include "Veto" , "Censor or proscribe" , "Bar, prohibition" , "Hungarian governor < to forbid" , "'Forbid, prohibit (3)'" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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