Relating to the community is a privilege, right? (5,7)

'right?' is the definition.
(civil liberty is a kind of right)

'relating to the community is a privilege' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found in the answer.
'is' could be 'be' and 'be' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?