Crook damaged most of table and rug in vehicle (3-7)

'crook' is the definition.
(cat burglar is a kind of crook)

'damaged most of table and rug in vehicle' is the wordplay.
'damaged' indicates anagramming the letters.
'most of' means to remove the last letter.
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'vehicle' becomes 'car' (car is a kind of vehicle).
'table' with its last letter taken off is 'tabl'.
'tabl' after 'rug' is 'rugtabl'.
'rugtabl' with letters rearranged gives 'tburgla'.
'tburgla' inserted inside 'car' is 'CAT-BURGLAR'.