Deprive the community of medicine for a time (7)
I believe the answer is:
pillage
'deprive the community' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'medicine for a time' is the wordplay.
'medicine' becomes 'pill' (pill is a kind of medicine).
'for' says to put letters next to each other.
'a time' becomes 'age' (an age is a period of time).
'pill'+'age'='PILLAGE'
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pillage that I've seen before include "Rob with violence" , "Plunder, sack" , "Sacking" , "Loot" , "Violent stealing" .)