One gets caught, hugged by tender policeman (7)
I believe the answer is:
officer
'policeman' is the definition.
(I know that policeman can be written as officer)
'one gets caught hugged by tender' is the wordplay.
'one gets caught' becomes 'ic' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'hugged by' indicates putting letters inside (I've seen this in other clues).
'tender' becomes 'offer' (synonyms).
'ic' going into 'offer' is 'OFFICER'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for officer that I've seen before include "Soldier with commission" , "He holds a commission" , "Possibly general" , "Person appointed to position of responsibility" , "Person holding a commission in the services" .)