Bent outlaw holding English king up (6)
I believe the answer is:
hooked
'bent' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'outlaw holding english king up' is the wordplay.
'outlaw' becomes 'hood' (hood is a kind of outlaw**).
'holding' indicates putting letters inside.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'king' becomes 'k'.
'up' is a reversal indicator (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'e'+'k'='ek'
'ek' in reverse letter order is 'ke'.
'hood' going around 'ke' is 'HOOKED'.
(Other definitions for hooked that I've seen before include "Unable to come off drugs" , "Enthralled" , "Curved down, like an eagle's beak" , "Addicted; (fish) caught" , "Addicted or curved down" .)