Secretly steal, for example, ledger or wallet (10)
I believe the answer is:
pocketbook
'wallet' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'secretly steal for example ledger' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'steal' could be 'pocket' (pocketing is a kind of stealing) and 'pocket' is located in the answer.
'ledger' could be 'book' (synonyms) and 'book' is found in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'or' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for pocketbook that I've seen is " place for notes".)