banditry

[ ban-di-tree ]

noun

1. the activities or practices of bandits.
2. bandits collectively; banditti.

Word History and Origins

Origin of banditry¹

First recorded in 1920–25; bandit + -ry

Example Sentences

There are limits to the painting of banditry and extortion as the legitimate raising of taxes.

From The Daily Beast

I think social banditry, as the academics call it, is a proud American tradition.

From The Daily Beast

At first, the inhabitants lived by a species of banditry, robbing the whites whenever they could.

From Project Gutenberg

This was not the West as I had dreamed of it, not the West even of banditry and violent action.

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I shall go mad Shut in this gilded den,—this stifling hold Of banditry.

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He recalled the days of banditry, and the strange visitors, who had brought with them disturbing knowledge, and strange powers.

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The political banditry, through which they dominate and terrify France, has already taken care of that.

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