A sin involving hoards, centrally? (7)
I believe the answer is:
avarice
'a sin involving hoards centrally?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'a sin involving hoards centrally?' is the wordplay.
'sin' becomes 'vice' ().
'involving' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'centrally?' indicates the central letters (I've seen 'centrally' mean this).
The central letters of 'hoards' are 'ar'.
'vice' going around 'ar' is 'varice'.
'a'+'varice'='AVARICE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for avarice that I've seen before include "Eager desire" , "excessive desire for wealth" , "Sway, control" , "Greed, covetousness" , "Stinginess" .)