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Retribution! Gene bashed in van at church (9)

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I believe the answer is:

vengeance

'retribution' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'gene bashed in van at church' is the wordplay.
'bashed' indicates an anagram.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'at' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'church' becomes 'CE' (abbreviation for Church of England).
'gene' is an anagram of 'enge'.
'enge' placed within 'van' is 'vengean'.
'vengean'+'ce'='VENGEANCE'

(Other definitions for vengeance that I've seen before include "Retribution" , "Retributory punishment" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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