Sin in the village (4)
I believe the answer is:
evil
'sin' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'in the village' is the wordplay.
'in' indicates a hidden word.
'EVIL' is hidden in the letters of 'the village'.
(Other definitions for evil that I've seen before include "Very wicked or bad" , "Demonic" , "Villainy" , "Extremely unpleasant" , "Profoundly immoral" .)