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Expulsion got us in trouble (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ousting

'expulsion' is the definition.
(I know that ousting is a type of expulsion)

'got us in trouble' is the wordplay.
'trouble' indicates anagramming the letters.
'got'+'us'+'in'='gotusin'
'gotusin' is an anagram of 'OUSTING'.

(Other definitions for ousting that I've seen before include "Evicting" , "Driving out" , "ejecting" , "Turfing out" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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