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Man cracking safe, can get arrested for wrongdoing (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

malfeasance

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'wrongdoing' is the definition.
(malfeasance is a kind of wrongdoing)

'man cracking safe can get arrested' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'man' could be 'mal' and 'mal' is present in the answer.
an anagram of 'safe' is 'feas' which is within the answer.
an anagram of 'can' is 'anc' which is within the answer.
A single letter 'e' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'for' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for malfeasance that I've seen before include "illegal act" , "crime" , "wrongful act" , "Wrongdoing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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