Defeated criminal paid for 2 charges (10)
I believe the answer is:
confounded
'defeated' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'criminal paid for 2 charges' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'criminal' could be 'con' (abbreviation for 'convict') and 'con' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'founded' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for confounded that I've seen before include "Brought to confusion" , "Confused; astonished" , "ending of Te Deum?" , "Surprised" , "Perplexed - damned" .)