Officer suggested dismissing one involved in crime (9)
I believe the answer is:
complicit
'involved in crime' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'officer suggested dismissing one' is the wordplay.
'officer' becomes 'co' (Commanding Officer abbreviation).
'suggested' becomes 'implicit' (implicit can mean implied or suggested).
'dismissing' is a deletion indicator.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'implicit' with 'i' taken out is 'mplicit'.
'co'+'mplicit'='COMPLICIT'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for complicit that I've seen before include "not without guilt?" , "Unlawfully involved" , "Being party to a crime" , "Nefariously involved (in)" , "collaborating" .)