Breaks code of silence over government's wrongdoings (5)
I believe the answer is:
sings
'breaks code of silence' is the definition.
'over government's wrongdoings' is the wordplay.
'over' is an insertion indicator.
'government' becomes 'g'.
'wrongdoings' becomes 'sins' (sin is a kind of wrongdoing).
'g' inserted inside 'sins' is 'SINGS'.
(Another definition for sings that I've seen is " Chants".)
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