Attorney takes sheep to play (5)
I believe the answer is:
drama
'play' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'attorney takes sheep' is the wordplay.
'attorney' becomes 'DA' (District Attorney).
'takes' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'sheep' becomes 'ram' (male sheep).
'da' placed around 'ram' is 'DRAMA'.
'to' is the link.
(Other definitions for drama that I've seen before include "Theatrical performance" , "High emotion" , "Literary play" , "Play, emotional series of events" , "Exciting event sequence" .)