Mob supporting rope catching case of embezzlement (11)
I believe the answer is:
proletariat
'mob' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'supporting rope catching case of embezzlement' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'supporting' could be 'pro' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'pro' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for proletariat that I've seen before include "The working class" , "The lower orders" , "The people; workers" , "Marx's wage-earning class" , "Working-class people" .)