In ‘House of Sin', play the baddies (8)

I believe the answer is:

villains

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'baddies' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'in house of sin play' is the wordplay.
'in house of' becomes 'villa' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'play' is an anagram indicator.
'sin' is an anagram of 'ins'.
'villa'+'ins'='VILLAINS'

'the' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for villains that I've seen before include "Wicked people" , "Baddies" , "Scoundrels, miscreants" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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