Steamy European rubbish exposed vice (6)
I believe the answer is:
erotic
'steamy' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'european rubbish exposed vice' is the wordplay.
'european' becomes 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'rubbish' becomes 'rot' (I've seen this before).
'exposed' indicates the central letters (outside letters removed).
The central letters of 'vice' are 'ic'.
'e'+'rot'+'ic'='EROTIC'
(Other definitions for erotic that I've seen before include "Steamy" , "Relating to sexual pleasure" , "Amorous" , "Sexually arousing" , "Calculated to arouse sexual desire" .)