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Intoxicating prison gang (8)

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I believe the answer is:

stirring

'intoxicating' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'prison gang' is the wordplay.
'prison' becomes 'stir' (informal term for prison).
'gang' becomes 'ring' (synonyms).
'stir'+'ring'='STIRRING'

(Other definitions for stirring that I've seen before include "Rousing (using a spoon?)" , "Agitating or rousing" , "Exciting" , "Agitating a liquid" , "causing trouble" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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