Pinch article about one empty vehicle (6)
I believe the answer is:
thieve
'pinch' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'article about one empty vehicle' is the wordplay.
'article' becomes 'the' (the 'definite article' part of speech**).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'empty' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'vehicle' with its centre taken out is 've'.
'the' going around 'i' is 'thie'.
'thie'+'ve'='THIEVE'
(Other definitions for thieve that I've seen before include "Nick things" , "Pilfer" , "Take illegally" , "appropriate" , "Knock off" .)