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Newspaper crime (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

theft

This clue is a double definition.

'newspaper' is the first definition.
(The FT - Financial Times)

'crime' is the second definition.
(theft is a kind of crime)

(Other definitions for theft that I've seen before include "Crime of stealing" , "crime incident" , "Action of stealing" , "Unlawful taking" , "Illegal act of taking" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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