Experience uncharitable emotion when taking over from diplomat (4)
I believe the answer is:
envy
'experience' is the definition.
(I know that envy is a type of desire)
'over from diplomat' is the wordplay.
'over' becomes 'o' (cricket abbreviation).
'from' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'diplomat' becomes 'envoy' (envoy is a kind of diplomat).
'envoy' with 'o' removed is 'ENVY'.
'uncharitable emotion when taking' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for envy that I've seen before include "Jealous longing" , "One of the 7 deadly sins" , "Desire to possess another's attributes etc" , "Desire as a rival" , "Be green" .)