Wrongly accused FBI agent pinching stuff? (6)
I believe the answer is:
framed
'wrongly accused' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'fbi agent pinching stuff?' is the wordplay.
'fbi agent' becomes 'fed' (short for federal agent).
'pinching' means one lot of letters goes inside another (taking inside).
'stuff?' becomes 'ram' (ram can mean to stuff or push).
'fed' placed around 'ram' is 'FRAMED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for framed that I've seen before include "Caught in web of false evidence" , "Devised" , "(Of an picture) having a border right round" , "Fitted up - pictures may be" , "Maybe like a photo" .)