Fiend grabbing woman in court (4)
I believe the answer is:
fawn
'court' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'fiend grabbing woman' is the wordplay.
'fiend' becomes 'fan' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'grabbing' is an insertion indicator.
'woman' becomes 'W' (abbreviation eg in Woman Police Constable).
'fan' placed around 'w' is 'FAWN'.
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for fawn that I've seen before include "Be obsequious, grovel" , "to dance attendance" , "Bear does, maybe" , "shade" , "Try to please" .)