Corruptly shared pounds in ruthless dealing (4,4)
I believe the answer is:
hard sell
'ruthless dealing' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'corruptly shared pounds' is the wordplay.
'corruptly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'pounds' becomes 'LL' (two L's - the pound symbol is based on L).
'shared' is an anagram of 'hardse'.
'hardse'+'ll'='HARD SELL'
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for hard sell that I've seen before include "manipulative advertising" , "remorseless flogging" , "Tactic of aggressive promotion" , "Serious persuasion" , "ruthless dealing" .)