Choose to figure in a dodgy deed (6)
I believe the answer is:
decide
'choose to' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'figure in a dodgy deed' is the wordplay.
'figure' becomes 'ci' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'a dodgy' indicates anagramming the letters (a dodgy or wrong order of the letters).
'deed' with letters rearranged gives 'dede'.
'ci' inserted within 'dede' is 'DECIDE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for decide that I've seen before include "Settle conclusively" , "Make up one's mind" , "Reach a conclusion" , "Resolve, settle (issue)" , "Resolve; give judgement" .)