Criminal and female do drugs to get dizzy (7)
I believe the answer is:
confuse
'dizzy' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'criminal and female do drugs' is the wordplay.
'criminal' becomes 'con' (abbreviation for 'convict').
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'female' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'do drugs' becomes 'use' (as in using drugs).
'con'+'f'+'use'='CONFUSE'
'to get' is the link.
(Other definitions for confuse that I've seen before include "Muddle, mix up" , "Puzzle" , "Bewilder" , "Disconcert, befuddle" , "Perplex" .)