Female with Noel organising criminal (5)
I believe the answer is:
felon
'criminal' is the definition.
('felon' can be a synonym of 'criminal')
'female with noel organising' is the wordplay.
'female' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'organising' is an anagram indicator.
'noel' is an anagram of 'elon'.
'f'+'elon'='FELON'
(Other definitions for felon that I've seen before include "Law-breaker" , "A dealer in textile" , "Convicted criminal" , "convict" , "Has conviction" .)