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Warnings of broken nose when stealing money (5)

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I believe the answer is:

omens

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'warnings' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'of broken nose when stealing money' is the wordplay.
'of' becomes 'o''.
'broken nose when' becomes 'ens' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'stealing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'money' becomes 'm' (abbreviation in economics).
'o'+'ens'='oens'
'oens' placed around 'm' is 'OMENS'.

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(Other definitions for omens that I've seen before include "Portents, prophetic signs" , "Augurs" , "Harbingers, portents" , "Prophetic signs of good or evil" , "Prognostications" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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