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De Niro's furiously chasing naughty child inside (10)

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I believe the answer is:

imprisoned

'inside' is the definition.
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'de niro's furiously chasing naughty child' is the wordplay.
'furiously' indicates anagramming the letters (the letters move around energetically or furiously).
'chasing' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (some letters chase after others).
'naughty child' becomes 'imp' (informal term for a misbehaving child).
'de'+'niros'='deniros'
'deniros' is an anagram of 'risoned'.
'risoned' put after 'imp' is 'IMPRISONED'.

(Other definitions for imprisoned that I've seen before include "in jail" , "Locked up" , "behind bars" , "Put away" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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