Dodgy articles entertaining new thief (9)
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I believe the answer is:
larcenist
'thief' is the definition.
(I know that larcenist is a type of thief)
'dodgy articles entertaining new' is the wordplay.
'dodgy' indicates anagramming the letters (a dodgy or wrong order of the letters).
'entertaining' indicates putting letters inside (inviting in, as for dinner).
'new' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament).
'articles' anagrammed gives 'larceist'.
'larceist' going around 'n' is 'LARCENIST'.
(Other definitions for larcenist that I've seen before include "One takes" , "Dishonest person" , "One steals clarinets, oddly" , "Person who takes" , "Thief" .)