Terrible tone set by politician in court giving offence there? (8)
I believe the answer is:
contempt
'offence there?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'terrible tone set by politician in court' is the wordplay.
'terrible' indicates an anagram.
'set by' says to put letters next to each other.
'politician' becomes 'MP' (Member of Parliament).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'court' becomes 'ct' (abbreviation used in road names).
'tone' with letters rearranged gives 'onte'.
'onte'+'mp'='ontemp'
'ontemp' inserted within 'ct' is 'CONTEMPT'.
'giving' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for contempt that I've seen before include "Disobedience to the rules of a court of law" , "Disobedience to the rule of court of law" , "Wilful disrespect of authority" , "The feeling of despising someone" , "Disdain, scorn" .)