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Good person taken in by criminal with social worker's uniform (8)

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I believe the answer is:

constant

'uniform' is the definition.
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'good person taken in by criminal with social worker's' is the wordplay.
'good person' becomes 'st' (saint).
'taken in by' indicates putting letters inside.
'criminal' becomes 'con' (abbreviation for 'convict'**).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'social worker' becomes 'ant' (I've seen this before).
'con'+'ant'='conant'
'st' going inside 'conant' is 'CONSTANT'.

(Other definitions for constant that I've seen before include "Remaining the same" , "without changes" , "Recurring and unchanging" , "Stable" , "Always - faithful" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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