Various opinions on government killing? (9)

I believe the answer is:

poisoning

'killing?' is the definition.
(poisoning is a kind of killing)

'various opinions on government' is the wordplay.
'various' is an anagram indicator.
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'government' becomes 'g'.
'opinions' with letters rearranged gives 'poisonin'.
'poisonin'+'g'='POISONING'

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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