Academic gets involved in robbery for the pleasure of it (8)
I believe the answer is:
hedonist
'the pleasure of it' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'academic gets involved in robbery' is the wordplay.
'academic' becomes 'don' (type of academic - especially at Oxbridge).
'gets involved in' indicates putting letters inside.
'robbery' becomes 'heist' (heist is a kind of robbery).
'don' put inside 'heist' is 'HEDONIST'.
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hedonist that I've seen before include "Seeker of sensual pleasure" , "sybarite" , "playboy" , "Extreme pleasure-seeker" , "bon vivant" .)