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Summon a naked malefactor to accept fine (5)

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I believe the answer is:

evoke

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'summon' is the definition.
(I know that evoke has the is a more specific form of the action summon)

'a naked malefactor to accept fine' is the wordplay.
'a naked malefactor' becomes 'eve' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'to accept' indicates putting letters inside.
'fine' becomes 'OK' (synonyms).
'eve' enclosing 'ok' is 'EVOKE'.

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(Other definitions for evoke that I've seen before include "Draw forth (memories)" , "bring forth" , "Awake memories" , "Call up (memories, for instance)" , "Recall" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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