Plotted to burn a man (7)
I believe the answer is:
charted
'plotted' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'burn a man' is the wordplay.
'burn' becomes 'char' (charring is a kind of burning).
'a man' becomes 'ted' (Ted is a man's name).
'char'+'ted'='CHARTED'
'to' is the link.
(Other definitions for charted that I've seen before include "Plotted" , "Mapped" , "made Top of the Pops" .)