Police arranged to take cut from plutocrat. (6)
I believe the answer is:
patrol
'police' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'arranged to take cut from plutocrat' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'take' could be 'r' (abbreviation for 'recipe', Latin for 'take') and 'r' is found within the answer.
'to' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'pal' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for patrol that I've seen before include "Be on duty on a beat" , "Unit of a Boy Scout group" , "military unit" , "Regular beat of a guard" , "Reconnaissance unit" .)