Saying few words, the Parisian caught with counterfeit coin (7)
I believe the answer is:
laconic
'saying few words' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'the parisian caught with counterfeit coin' is the wordplay.
'the parisian' becomes 'la' (French for the).
'caught' becomes 'c' (cricket abbreviation**).
'with' is an insertion indicator.
'counterfeit' indicates an anagram.
'la'+'c'='lac'
'coin' anagrammed gives 'coni'.
'lac' going around 'coni' is 'LACONIC'.
(Other definitions for laconic that I've seen before include "Tersely spoken" , "Conical (anag) -- brief and to the point" , "Curt in conical way" , "without verbosity" , "Succinct in speech" .)