Raid nabbing Charlie, a rogue (6)
I believe the answer is:
scally
'raid nabbing charlie a rogue' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'raid nabbing charlie' is the wordplay.
'raid' becomes 'sally' (both can mean an attack).
'nabbing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'charlie' becomes 'c' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'sally' going around 'c' is 'SCALLY'.
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