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German train crashes, leading to prosecution (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

arraignment

'prosecution' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'german train crashes' is the wordplay.
'crashes' is an anagram indicator.
'german'+'train'='germantrain'
'germantrain' with letters rearranged gives 'ARRAIGNMENT'.

'leading to' is the link.

(Other definitions for arraignment that I've seen before include "process of putting on trial" , "appearance in court" , "This legal process" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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