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Wrong about Government indication (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sign

'indication' is the definition.
(I know that indication can be written as sign)

'wrong about government' is the wordplay.
'wrong' becomes 'sin' (wrong can mean a sin or crime).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'government' becomes 'g' (abbreviation for government).
'sin' going around 'g' is 'SIGN'.

(Other definitions for sign that I've seen before include "Public notice; gesture" , "Ram" , "Traffic control - to write one's name" , "As the star was for 14 across" , "Authorise with a name" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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