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Seized fine cost a bomb, breaking record (11)

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I believe the answer is:

confiscated

'seized' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'fine cost a bomb breaking record' is the wordplay.
'bomb' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'bombed' mean this).
'breaking' is an insertion indicator.
'record' becomes 'cd' (type of musical record).
'fine'+'cost'+'a'='finecosta'
'finecosta' is an anagram of 'onfiscate'.
'onfiscate' inserted inside 'cd' is 'CONFISCATED'.

(Another definition for confiscated that I've seen is " Seized (as a penalty)".)

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