Robbing criminal barged in to bag silver (10)

I believe the answer is:

brigandage

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'robbing criminal barged in to bag silver' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'criminal barged in to bag silver' is the wordplay.
'criminal' indicates an anagram.
'to bag' is an insertion indicator.
'silver' becomes 'Ag' (Ag is the chemical symbol for silver).
'barged'+'in'='bargedin'
'bargedin' anagrammed gives 'brigande'.
'brigande' placed around 'ag' is 'BRIGANDAGE'.

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