Crime article with business paper (5)
I believe the answer is:
theft
'crime' is the definition.
(theft is a kind of crime)
'article with business paper' is the wordplay.
'article' becomes 'the' (the definite article in English).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'business paper' becomes 'FT' (Financial Times newspaper).
'the'+'ft'='THEFT'
(Other definitions for theft that I've seen before include "Taking offence?" , "Action of stealing" , "Unlawful taking" , "Act of larceny" , "Illegal act of taking" .)