Rogues in front of shed behind house (8)
I believe the answer is:
villains
'rogues' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'in front of shed behind house' is the wordplay.
'front of' indicates taking the first letters.
'behind' says to put letters next to each other.
'house' becomes 'villa' (villa is a kind of house).
The first letter of 'shed' is 's'.
'in'+'s'='ins'
'ins' put after 'villa' is 'VILLAINS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for villains that I've seen before include "Baddies" , "Scoundrels, miscreants" , "Wicked people" .)