brigand
noun
a bandit, especially one of a band of robbers in mountain or forest regions.
brigandage
-
a word derived from
brigand.
Example Sentences
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For the next 20 years Ecuador floundered through civil war, brigandage and six more dictators.
From Time Magazine Archive
Without foreign coercion, the note said, the Chinese Government is punishing responsible officials and making every effort to suppress brigandage.
From Time Magazine Archive
Declared Rahman to the assembled delegates: "I ask that you condemn such international brigandage."
From Time Magazine Archive
But still the brigandage went on, especially along the road from Rome to Naples.
From Time Magazine Archive
Each hath his element; each is wary of brigandage; and a gulf roils between us all.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
