Hide stones near people (10)
I believe the answer is:
skinflints
'near people' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'hide stones' is the wordplay.
'hide' becomes 'skin' (a hide is an animal skin).
'stones' becomes 'flints' (I've seen this before).
'skin'+'flints'='SKINFLINTS'
(Other definitions for skinflints that I've seen before include "Near ones" , "near people" , "Cheapskates" .)