Wound king in wicked action (9)
I believe the answer is:
meandered
'wound' is the definition.
('meander' can be a synonym of 'wind')
'king in wicked action' is the wordplay.
'king' becomes 'R' (abbreviation for rex, king in Latin).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'wicked' becomes 'mean' (I've seen this in another clue).
'action' becomes 'deed' (deed is a kind of action).
'mean'+'deed'='meandeed'
'r' inserted inside 'meandeed' is 'MEANDERED'.
(Other definitions for meandered that I've seen before include "Wandered at random" , "Wandered around aimlessly" , "Wandered randomly" , "(Of river) snaked" , "Of stream, followed a winding course" .)