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School briefly allowed to be partnered in immoral activity (9)

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complicit

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'be partnered in immoral activity' is the definition.
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'school briefly allowed' is the wordplay.
'school briefly' becomes 'comp' (short for comprehensive; 'briefly' indicates an abbreviation).
'allowed' becomes 'licit' (I've seen this in other clues).
'comp'+'licit'='COMPLICIT'

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(Other definitions for complicit that I've seen before include "Conniving" , "Involved with others in law-breaking" , "Nefariously involved (in)" , "Being party to a crime" , "Involved with others in illegality" .)

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