Forced criminals to get educated (11)
I believe the answer is:
constrained
'forced' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'criminals to get educated' is the wordplay.
'criminals' becomes 'cons' (short for convicts).
'to get' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'educated' becomes 'trained' (training is a kind of educating).
'cons'+'trained'='CONSTRAINED'
(Other definitions for constrained that I've seen before include "Besides (archaic)" , "Awkward" , "with shackles on" , "Embarrassed" , "Appearing forced" .)