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Daily robbery? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

theft

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'robbery?' is the definition.
(robbery is a kind of theft)

'daily' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'daily' could be 'ft' (the Financial Times is a daily newspaper) and 'ft' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'the' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for theft that I've seen before include "Taking offence?" , "Pilfering" , "Act of stealing" , "Action of stealing" , "Burglary" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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