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Scorn politician replacing second in dispute (8)

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I believe the answer is:

contempt

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'scorn' is the definition.
(I know that scorn can be written as contempt)

'politician replacing second in dispute' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'politician' could be 'con' and 'con' is found within the answer.
'replacing second' could be 'e' (2nd letter of 'replacing') and 'e' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for contempt that I've seen before include "Disobedience to the rule of court of law" , "Feeling of despising something - perhaps court?" , "Disdain or disrespect, perhaps or court" , "bad behaviour in court" , "Feeling of disdain, perhaps of court" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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