Criminal hates new cloak (8)

I believe the answer is:

enswathe

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'cloak' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are verbs in their base form.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'criminal hates new' is the wordplay.
'criminal' is an anagram indicator.
'hates'+'new'='hatesnew'
'hatesnew' anagrammed gives 'ENSWATHE'.

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(Other definitions for enswathe that I've seen before include "Cover" , "Wrap around" , "Wound" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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