Second mark gets criticism (5)
I believe the answer is:
stick
'criticism' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'second mark' is the wordplay.
'second' becomes 's' (common abbreviation).
'mark' becomes 'tick' (I've seen this before).
's'+'tick'='STICK'
'gets' is the link.
(Other definitions for stick that I've seen before include "Switch < put up" , "Tolerate" , "Rod" , "Flak - cling" , "Staff - criticism" .)