Get in trouble, assessed as united (10)
I believe the answer is:
integrated
'united' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
'get in trouble assessed' is the wordplay.
'trouble' indicates anagramming the letters.
'assessed' becomes 'rated' (rating is a kind of assessing).
'get'+'in'='getin'
'getin' with letters rearranged gives 'integ'.
'integ'+'rated'='INTEGRATED'
'as' is the link.
(Other definitions for integrated that I've seen before include "Unified" , "Formed into a whole" , "Combined into a whole" , "working as a unit" .)