Criminal bods can run away (7)
I believe the answer is:
abscond
'run away' is the definition.
(to abscond is to run away or escape)
'criminal bods can' is the wordplay.
'criminal' indicates an anagram.
'bods'+'can'='bodscan'
'bodscan' is an anagram of 'ABSCOND'.
(Other definitions for abscond that I've seen before include "Make off, do a runner" , "desert" , "Escape, flit" , "Bods can (anag.)" , "scarper" .)