Police officer impounds stolen material covering sensitive areas (5)
I believe the answer is:
dhoti
'police officer impounds stolen material covering sensitive areas' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'police officer impounds stolen' is the wordplay.
'police officer' becomes 'di' (detective inspector**).
'impounds' indicates putting letters inside.
'stolen' becomes 'hot' (I've seen this before).
'di' going around 'hot' is 'DHOTI'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dhoti that I've seen before include "Indian attire" , "Lean over; end of loaf" , "garment in India" , "Skimpy item of clothing" , "Indian loincloth" .)