Traces dictator's money to America (6)
I believe the answer is:
scents
'traces' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their -s form, I can't understand how one could define the other.
'dictator's money to america' is the wordplay.
'dictator's' shows a homophone (sound like) (as somebody dictating would pronounce the word).
'money' becomes 'cent' (eg denomination of dollars).
'to america' becomes 's' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'cent' sounds like 'scent'.
'scent'+'s'='SCENTS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scents that I've seen before include "Fragrances, smells" , "Essences and perfumes" , "Distinctive odours, usually pleasant" , "Trails" .)