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Shoved round in the wrong way and disciplined (8)

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I believe the answer is:

punished

'disciplined' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'shoved round in the wrong way' is the wordplay.
'shoved' becomes 'pushed' (I've seen this in another clue).
'round' is an insertion indicator.
'the wrong way' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'in' backwards is 'ni'.
'pushed' going around 'ni' is 'PUNISHED'.

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for punished that I've seen before include "Disciplined" , "penalised" , "Maybe flogged" , "Chastised" , "Impose a penalty on" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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