On charge, having cut the high wire (9)
I believe the answer is:
telegraph
'wire' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'on charge having cut the high' is the wordplay.
'on' becomes 'leg' (cricket term, fielding positions).
'charge' becomes 'rap' (I have seen 'Criminal charge ' mean 'rap' so perhaps 'charge' could also mean 'rap').
'having cut' indicates putting letters inside.
'high' is an anagram indicator (can mean drunk or on drugs and hence disordered).
'leg'+'rap'='legrap'
'the' is an anagram of 'teh'.
'legrap' going inside 'teh' is 'TELEGRAPH'.
(Other definitions for telegraph that I've seen before include "give advance notice" , "Daily" , "paper" , "Electrical transmission of coded signals" , "Transmission (by wire on poles)" .)