Criminals revealed what they broke? (7)
I believe the answer is:
outlaws
'criminals' is the definition.
('outlaw' can be a synonym of 'criminal')
'revealed what they broke?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'revealed' could be 'out' (as in news which is out) and 'out' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'laws' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for outlaws that I've seen before include "Criminals!" , "Bandits?" , "Bans" .)