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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The Law was a huge farce; in that roaring young state there was only brigandage and a snarl of paper in the courts.
From Time Magazine Archive
Declared Rahman to the assembled delegates: "I ask that you condemn such international brigandage."
From Time Magazine Archive
For the next 20 years Ecuador floundered through civil war, brigandage and six more dictators.
From Time Magazine Archive
But still the brigandage went on, especially along the road from Rome to Naples.
From Time Magazine Archive
But winter is long, and need is great, and we know not whether we travel to join the ranks of Edenic vision or guilty brigandage.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
