Very French, getting beat in invasion (8)
I believe the answer is:
trespass
'invasion' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'very french getting beat' is the wordplay.
'very french' becomes 'tres' ('very' in French).
'getting beat' becomes 'pass' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'tres'+'pass'='TRESPASS'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for trespass that I've seen before include "Wrongfully enter another's land" , "Enter the Forbidden Land" , "Enter land illegally" , "Illegal entry" , "Encroachment" .)