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Sculpture reportedly transported (6)

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I believe the answer is:

bussed

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'transported' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with contact as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'sculpture reportedly' is the wordplay.
'sculpture' becomes 'bust' (bust is a kind of sculpture).
'reportedly' shows a homophone (sound like).
'bust' sounds like 'BUSSED'.

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(Another definition for bussed that I've seen is " transported by coach".)

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