Caught Frost with tips from vigilante after a rise in felonies? (5,4)
I believe the answer is:
crime wave
'rise in felonies?' is the definition.
'crime wave' can be an answer for 'rise' (crime wave is a kind of rise). I am not sure about the 'in felonies?' bit.
'caught frost with tips from vigilante after a' is the wordplay.
'caught' becomes 'c' (cricket abbreviation).
'frost' becomes 'rime' (rime is a type of frost).
'with' becomes 'w' (short for with).
'tips from vigilante' becomes 've' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
've' put after 'a' is 'ave'.
'c'+'rime'+'w'+'ave'='CRIME WAVE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for crime wave that I've seen before include "Sharp rise in thefts etc." , "Sudden rise in the rate of law-breaking" , "rise in vice" , "Busy time for law" , "Surge in lawbreaking" .)