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Charged for a small volume shown as secondhand (7)

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I believe the answer is:

accused

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'charged' is the definition.
('accuse' can be a synonym of 'charge')

'as secondhand' is the wordplay.
'as' becomes 'acc' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'secondhand' becomes 'used' (synonyms).
'acc'+'used'='ACCUSED'

'for a small volume shown' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for accused that I've seen before include "The person in the dock" , "Defendant in a criminal proceeding" , "Indicted" , "He who stands in the dock" , "Blamed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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