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Firing ten men, sacked for violation of rule (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

infringement

'violation of rule' is the definition.
(infringement or contravention of a rule)

'firing ten men sacked' is the wordplay.
'sacked' is an anagram indicator.
'firing'+'ten'+'men'='firingtenmen'
'firingtenmen' is an anagram of 'INFRINGEMENT'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for infringement that I've seen before include "Minor lawbreaking" , "Violation of law" , "Offence" , "Breaking (of a law, etc)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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