The man’s getting time for robbery (5)
I believe the answer is:
heist
'robbery' is the definition.
(I know that heist is a type of robbery)
'the man's getting time' is the wordplay.
'the man' becomes 'he' (pronoun for a man).
'getting' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'time' becomes 'ist' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'he'+'ist'='HEIST'
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for heist that I've seen before include "Bank robbery" , "criminal activity" , "Robbery, often at gunpoint" , "crime?" , "Armed hold-up (sl.)" .)