Male pickpockets in the hills? (7)
I believe the answer is:
mendips
'the hills?' is the definition.
(hills in the south west of England)
'male pickpockets' is the wordplay.
'male' becomes 'men' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'pickpockets' becomes 'dips' ('dip' can be a synonym of 'pickpocket').
'men'+'dips'='MENDIPS'
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for mendips that I've seen is " Hills of Somerset".)