Scavenger vocally disdainful about money (5)
I believe the answer is:
hyena
'scavenger' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'vocally disdainful about money' is the wordplay.
'vocally disdainful' becomes 'ha' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'money' becomes 'yen' (Japanese currency).
'ha' placed around 'yen' is 'HYENA'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hyena that I've seen before include "Carnivorous animal with howl like laughter" , "Creature" , "Laughing mammal?" , "Wild animal" , "he's a laugh" .)