Legal to chase police officer capturing mafia chief involved in wrongdoing (9)
I believe the answer is:
complicit
'wrongdoing' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'legal to chase police officer capturing mafia chief involved' is the wordplay.
'legal' becomes 'licit' (similar in meaning).
'to chase' says to put letters next to each other (some letters chase after others).
'chief' suggests taking the first letters (the letter which leads the word).
'involved' indicates anagramming the letters (involved can mean confusing or complex).
The first letters of 'police officer capturing mafia' is 'pocm'.
'pocm' with letters rearranged gives 'comp'.
'licit' put after 'comp' is 'COMPLICIT'.
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for complicit that I've seen before include "Involved with others in illegality" , "guilty with others?" , "Sharing guilt" , "Conspiring in illegal activity" , "not without guilt?" .)