Receptacle unopened miscreant vandalised (8)
I believe the answer is:
canister
'receptacle' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'unopened miscreant vandalised' is the wordplay.
'unopened' means to remove the first letter.
'vandalised' is an anagram indicator.
'miscreant' with its initial letter taken off is 'iscreant'.
'iscreant' with letters rearranged gives 'CANISTER'.
(Other definitions for canister that I've seen before include "Storage container, for tea say" , "Metal storage container" , "Metal food container" , "Container for e.g. tea" , "Tea-caddy" .)