Taunt criminal to start embezzling from tailor (6)
I believe the answer is:
attune
'tailor' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'taunt criminal to start embezzling' is the wordplay.
'criminal' is an anagram indicator.
'to' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'start' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'embezzling' is 'e'.
'taunt' is an anagram of 'attun'.
'attun'+'e'='ATTUNE'
'from' is the link.
(Other definitions for attune that I've seen before include "Bring into musical accord" , "Harmonise or adapt, say mind to idea" , "Get used to" , "Become receptive (to)" , "Bring into harmony" .)