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Wrongfully insert leader of uprising to begin with (5)

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I believe the answer is:

foist

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'wrongfully insert' is the definition.
'foist' can be an answer for 'insert' (foisting is a kind of inserting). I'm unsure of the 'wrongfully' bit.

'leader of uprising to begin with' is the wordplay.
'leader' becomes 'ist' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'uprising' is a reversal indicator.
'to begin with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'of' in reverse letter order is 'fo'.
'ist' put after 'fo' is 'FOIST'.

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(Other definitions for foist that I've seen before include "Pass off, impose (on)" , "Impose (upon)" , "To - something on a person is to impose it" , "Impose, inflict" , "Cause person to accept something unwelcome or unwanted" .)

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