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"Twin-sister of Religion, Selfishness! / Rival in crime and falsehood, ____ all / The wanton horrors of her bloody play” (Shelley) (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aping

(Other definitions for aping that I've seen before include "Imitation" , "Making copy of" , "Mimicking like monkey" , "Taking off" , "Sending up" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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