Head of Intelligence taken in by the female burglar (5)
I believe the answer is:
thief
'burglar' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'head of intelligence taken in by the female' is the wordplay.
'head of' says to take the initial letters.
'taken in by' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'female' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
The first letter of 'intelligence' is 'i'.
'i' placed within 'the' is 'thie'.
'thie'+'f'='THIEF'
(Other definitions for thief that I've seen before include "Crook" , "One who is fourth in line after a rich man" , "Person who steals things" , "A robber or pickpocket" , "Afternoon break" .)