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Into vice, strangely, leads to expulsion (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eviction

'expulsion' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'into vice strangely' is the wordplay.
'strangely' indicates anagramming the letters.
'into'+'vice'='intovice'
'intovice' anagrammed gives 'EVICTION'.

'leads to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for eviction that I've seen before include "Lawful dispossession" , "Expulsion from a premises" , "Ousting" , "Dispossession by law" , "Expulsion (from a property)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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