Call forth criminal in hearing (6)
I believe the answer is:
elicit
'call forth' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'criminal in hearing' is the wordplay.
'criminal' becomes 'illicit' (I've seen this before).
'in hearing' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'illicit' is a homophone of 'ELICIT'.
(Other definitions for elicit that I've seen before include "Call forth, educe" , "Draw out or bring forth" , "Draw out, information or explanation" , "'Draw out, evoke (6)'" , "Brings something out into the open" .)