A rotter's case in domestic tale (9)
I believe the answer is:
narrative
'tale' is the definition.
('narrative' can be a synonym of 'tale')
'a rotter's case in domestic' is the wordplay.
'case' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'domestic' becomes 'native' ('native' can be similar in meaning to 'domestic'**).
'rotter' with its centre taken out is 'rr'.
'a'+'rr'='arr'
'arr' placed within 'native' is 'NARRATIVE'.
(Other definitions for narrative that I've seen before include "Tale" , "Chronicle" , "Account describing events" , "Account of connected events, a story" , "Storyline" .)