Jewish scholar's underwear taken in robbery (8)
I believe the answer is:
hebraist
'jewish scholar's' is the definition.
'hebraist' can be an answer for 'scholar's' (I've seen this before). I am not sure about the 'jewish' bit.
'underwear taken in robbery' is the wordplay.
'underwear' becomes 'bra' (bra is a type of undergarment).
'taken in' indicates putting letters inside.
'robbery' becomes 'heist' (heist is a kind of robbery).
'bra' placed inside 'heist' is 'HEBRAIST'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for hebraist that I've seen is " scholar".)