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Run into trouble joining criminal society (11)

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brotherhood

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'society' is the definition.
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'run into trouble joining criminal' is the wordplay.
'run into trouble' becomes 'brother' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'joining' says to put letters next to each other.
'criminal' becomes 'hood' (hood is a kind of criminal).
'brother'+'hood'='BROTHERHOOD'

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(Other definitions for brotherhood that I've seen before include "union" , "Fraternity" , "association" , "Feeling of close kinship" , "Community" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.
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