Picture defeat by France (5)
I believe the answer is:
flick
'picture' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'defeat by france' is the wordplay.
'defeat' becomes 'lick' (**).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'france' becomes 'f'.
'lick' after 'f' is 'FLICK'.
(Other definitions for flick that I've seen before include "Picture" , "Push with the finger - film" , "Light stroke" , "Cinema film" , "Perhaps a short" .)