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Reportedly treasured, it's forced open (6)

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I believe the answer is:

prised

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This clue might be a double definition.

'reportedly treasured' is the first definition.
'prised' can be an answer for 'treasured' ('treasured'->'prized' is in my internal thesaurus and 'ize'->'ise'). I am unsure of the 'reportedly' bit.

'forced open' is the second definition.
(I've seen this before)

'it's' is the link.

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(Other definitions for prised that I've seen before include "Jemmied, levered" , "Levered open by spider" , "Levered (forcibly)" , "Forced open with leverage" , "Forced open with a lever" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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