Rich purses with poor criminal (10)
I believe the answer is:
prosperous
'rich' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
'purses with poor criminal' is the wordplay.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'criminal' is an anagram indicator.
'purses' put after 'poor' is 'poorpurses'.
'poorpurses' with letters rearranged gives 'PROSPEROUS'.
(Other definitions for prosperous that I've seen before include "Wealthy" , "Well-to-do" , "thriving" , "Rich" , "Affluent" .)