Steals round place in underclothing (9)
I believe the answer is:
shoplifts
'steals' is the definition.
(shoplifting is a kind of stealing)
'round place in underclothing' is the wordplay.
'round' becomes 'o' (o is a circular letter).
'place' becomes 'pl' (abbreviation used in postal addresses).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'underclothing' becomes 'shifts' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'o'+'pl'='opl'
'opl' inserted into 'shifts' is 'SHOPLIFTS'.
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