Drawing a criminal handing out gold and silver (8)
I believe the answer is:
awarding
'handing out gold and silver' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'drawing a criminal' is the wordplay.
'criminal' indicates an anagram.
'drawing'+'a'='drawinga'
'drawinga' is an anagram of 'AWARDING'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for awarding that I've seen before include "Granting in recognition of achievement" , "Handing out" , "Giving a prize" , "Granting on the basis of merit" .)