Godless people present at robberies (8)
I believe the answer is:
atheists
'godless people' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'at robberies' is the wordplay.
'robberies' becomes 'heists' (heist is a kind of robbery).
'at'+'heists'='ATHEISTS'
'present' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for atheists that I've seen before include "Heathens" , "They deny the existence of a god" , "ungodly crew" , "They believe deities don't exist" , "Non-believers" .)