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Vehicle naughty laddies wrecked (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

vandalised

'wrecked' is the definition.

'vehicle naughty laddies' is the wordplay.
'vehicle' becomes 'van' (van is a kind of vehicle).
'naughty' indicates an anagram.
'laddies' is an anagram of 'dalised'.
'van'+'dalised'='VANDALISED'

(Another definition for vandalised that I've seen is " wantonly damaged".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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