What does the cryptic crossword clue "Vicious, perhaps on the rise, an underworld figure (3)" mean?

The definition is "figure". The wordplay uses a reversal. SID (reversal="SID") = DIS; definition: "underworld figure" The answer is DIS.

Vicious, perhaps on the rise, an underworld figure (3)

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