You are heard hanging a crook for exhorting (10)
I believe the answer is:
haranguing
'exhorting' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being present participle verbs.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'you are heard hanging a crook' is the wordplay.
'you' becomes 'u' (commonly used in online communication).
'heard' shows a homophone (sound like).
'crook' indicates an anagram (a crooked version of the letters).
'are' is a homophone of 'r'.
'u'+'r'+'hanging'+'a'='urhanginga'
'urhanginga' anagrammed gives 'HARANGUING'.
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for haranguing that I've seen is " Aggressively lecturing (someone)".)