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Offence began in kindergarten sadly (8,3,8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

breaking and entering

'offence' is the definition.
(I know that breaking and entering is a offence)

'began in kindergarten sadly' is the wordplay.
'sadly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'began'+'in'+'kindergarten'='beganinkindergarten'
'beganinkindergarten' with letters rearranged gives 'BREAKING AND ENTERING'.

(Another definition for breaking and entering that I've seen is " Crime".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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