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Being
criminals
sucks
(9)
Being criminals sucks (9)
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The definition is at the end of the clue.
How the clue works
The definition is sucks, giving you ASPIRATES. For the wordplay, take being — that's AS — and slot criminals (PIRATES) inside it, splitting AS around PIRATES to get A + PIRATES + S.