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Restricts police action against my colleague (8)

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I believe the answer is:

contains

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'my colleague' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'restricts police action against' is the wordplay.
'restricts' becomes 'ns' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'police' indicates an anagram (police can mean to control or manage).
'against' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'action' is an anagram of 'contai'.
'ns' put after 'contai' is 'CONTAINS'.

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(Other definitions for contains that I've seen before include "Has within" , "Holds, comprises" , "Keeps under control" , "Holds or accomodates" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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