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Relatives firm with us about moral offence (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cousins

'relatives' is the definition.
(I know this)

'firm with us about moral offence' is the wordplay.
'firm' becomes 'co' (a firm is a company).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'moral offence' becomes 'sin' (I've seen this before).
'us' going around 'sin' is 'usins'.
'co'+'usins'='COUSINS'

(Other definitions for cousins that I've seen before include "Relatives" , "kinsmen" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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