Detest sort of violent crime linked to soldiers (5)
I believe the answer is:
abhor
'detest' is the definition.
(abhorring is a kind of detesting)
'sort of violent crime linked to soldiers' is the wordplay.
'sort of violent crime' becomes 'abh' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'linked to' says to put letters next to each other.
'soldiers' becomes 'OR' (Other Ranks).
'abh'+'or'='ABHOR'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for abhor that I've seen before include "can't stand" , "Loathe, find repugnant" , "Execrate" , "Sea between Africa and Australia" , "Find disgusting" .)