Intimidated, we drove criminal across America (8)
I believe the answer is:
overawed
'intimidated' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'we drove criminal across america' is the wordplay.
'criminal' indicates anagramming the letters.
'across' is an insertion indicator.
'america' becomes 'a' (common abbreviation eg in USA).
'we'+'drove'='wedrove'
'wedrove' with letters rearranged gives 'overwed'.
'overwed' enclosing 'a' is 'OVERAWED'.
(Other definitions for overawed that I've seen before include "subdued" , "Overcome with wonder" , "Overwhelmed by a feeling of wonder" , "Filled with wonder" , "Scared?" .)