Arrange, being ill-intentioned, to get rid of Mike (5)
I believe the answer is:
align
'arrange' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for align that I've seen before include "Place in a row" , "Make (things) fit together" , "Put in order" , "Put in correct positions" , "Put into a straight row" .)