Incite school rebellion (6)

I believe the answer is:

putsch

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'rebellion' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'incite school' is the wordplay.
'incite' becomes 'put' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'school' becomes 'sch' (abbreviation).
'put'+'sch'='PUTSCH'

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(Other definitions for putsch that I've seen before include "Sudden illegal acquisition of power" , "Coup d'etat" , "Violent attempt to seize power" , "A sudden political uprising" , "political revolt" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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