Cited trouble about European betrayal (6)
I believe the answer is:
deceit
'betrayal' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'cited trouble about european' is the wordplay.
'trouble' indicates anagramming the letters.
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'cited' anagrammed gives 'decit'.
'decit' going around 'e' is 'DECEIT'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for deceit that I've seen before include "Fraud, falsity" , "Falsehood" , "Fraud, falseness" , "Fraud or duplicity" , "Fraud, cheating" .)