Vandalism with a bottle circumvented by wise man (8)
I believe the answer is:
sabotage
'vandalism' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'a bottle circumvented by wise man' is the wordplay.
'a bottle' becomes 'bota' (bota is a kind of bottle).
'circumvented by' indicates putting letters inside (I've seen this in other clues).
'wise man' becomes 'sage' (sage is a kind of wise man).
'bota' going inside 'sage' is 'SABOTAGE'.
'with' is the link.
(Other definitions for sabotage that I've seen before include "(E.g. factory) wrecking" , "Subversion by inflicting damage" , "Subvert" , "Disrupt" , "cripple" .)