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Judge to be reportedly punished, in a way (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fined

'punished in a way' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'judge to be reportedly' is the wordplay.
'judge' becomes 'find' (finding is a kind of judging).
'to be reportedly' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'find' is a homophone of 'FINED'.

(Other definitions for fined that I've seen before include "Ordered to pay penalty" , "Fed in (anag.)" , "Mulcted" , "Imposed financial penalty on" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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