Bribery starts and I have a go at the job of outlaws (8)
I believe the answer is:
banditry
'job of outlaws' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'bribery starts and i have a go at' is the wordplay.
'starts' says to take the initial letters.
'have a go at' becomes 'try' (to have a go at something is to try it).
The first letter of 'bribery' is 'b'.
'b'+'and'+'i'+'try'='BANDITRY'
'the' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for banditry that I've seen before include "Activity of lawless robbers" , "Outlawry" , "Activity of violent robbers" , "robbery" , "Criminal behaviour" .)