Subdue and arrest criminal at home (8)
I believe the answer is:
restrain
'subdue' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'arrest criminal at home' is the wordplay.
'criminal' indicates an anagram.
'at home' becomes 'in' ('in' can be similar in meaning to 'at home').
'arrest' is an anagram of 'restra'.
'restra'+'in'='RESTRAIN'
'and' is the link.
(Other definitions for restrain that I've seen before include "use handcuffs?" , "Keep in check" , "Prevent (from excess)" , "Keep back" , "Arrest - confine - subdue" .)