Musicians attempt to have one arrested for piracy? (8)
I believe the answer is:
banditry
'piracy?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'musicians attempt to have one arrested' is the wordplay.
'musicians' becomes 'band' (group of musicians).
'attempt to' becomes 'try' (I've seen this in other clues).
'have' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'arrested' is an insertion indicator (arrest can mean to hold or imprison).
'band'+'try'='bandtry'
'bandtry' placed around 'i' is 'BANDITRY'.
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for banditry that I've seen before include "Outlawry" , "Activity of violent robbers" , "Brigandage" , "Activity of lawless robbers" , "robbery" .)