Sharia police disrupted work in parish (12)

I believe the answer is:

parochialise

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'work in parish' is the definition.
The definition suggests a verb in its base form which matches the answer.

'sharia police disrupted' is the wordplay.
'disrupted' indicates an anagram.
'sharia'+'police'='shariapolice'
'shariapolice' is an anagram of 'PAROCHIALISE'.

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