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Believer loses head in robbery (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

heist

'robbery' is the definition.
(heist is a kind of robbery)

'believer loses head' is the wordplay.
'believer' becomes 'theist' (theist is a kind of believer).
'loses head' means to remove the first letter.
'theist' with its initial letter removed is 'HEIST'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for heist that I've seen before include "Armed robbery" , "criminal activity" , "Mugging" , "Audacious robbery" , "Bank robbery" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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