Attempt to imprison every royal woman — there's a word for it? (9)
I believe the answer is:
treachery
'woman there's a word for it?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'attempt to imprison every royal' is the wordplay.
'attempt' becomes 'try' (I've seen this before).
'to imprison' indicates putting letters inside.
'every' becomes 'each' ('each' can be a synonym of 'every').
'royal' becomes 'er' (I've seen this in other clues).
'each'+'er'='eacher'
'try' placed around 'eacher' is 'TREACHERY'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for treachery that I've seen before include "Perfidious behaviour" , "Double-dealing" , "lack of loyalty" , "disloyalty" , "Deceptiveness" .)