Twists betting by corrupt liars (7)
I believe the answer is:
spirals
'twists' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'betting by corrupt liars' is the wordplay.
'betting' becomes 'sp'.
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'corrupt' indicates anagramming the letters.
'liars' anagrammed gives 'irals'.
'sp'+'irals'='SPIRALS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for spirals that I've seen is " Helixes".)