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Reportedly excited after misdemeanour in place of worship (9)

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I believe the answer is:

synagogue

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'place of worship' is the definition.
(I know that synagogue is a place of worship)

'reportedly excited after misdemeanour' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'excited' could be 'agog' (similar in meaning) and 'agog' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for synagogue that I've seen before include "Place of worship for Jewish congregation" , "religious building" , "Worshippers" , "religious assembly" , "A building for public Jewish worship" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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