Definition of Banditry

1. Noun. The practice of plundering in gangs.

Generic synonyms: Pillage, Pillaging, Plundering

Definition of Banditry

1. Noun. Acts characteristic of a bandit; armed robbery. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Banditry

1. robbery by bandits [n -TRIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Banditry

bandinesses
banding
banding of chromosomes
banding pattern
bandings
bandini
bandinis
bandish
bandished
bandishes
bandishing
bandit
bandito
banditos
banditries
banditry (current term)
bandits
banditti
bandittis
bandkini
bandkinis
bandle
bandleader
bandleaders
bandleading
bandles
bandless
bandlet
bandlets
bandlike

Literary usage of Banditry

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Federal Reserve Monster by Jim Jam Jems, Wallace Campbell, Sam H. Clark (1922)
"CHAPTER V CHECK COLLECTION banditry |OU have seen the birth of the monster; you have seen how it conscripted its capital at a petty six per cent interest ..."

2. Mexico and the United States: A Story of Revolution, Intervention and War by Frederick Starr (1914)
"INTERIM GOVERNMENT: DE LA BARRA DE LA BARRA'S ATTITUDE A MONGREL CABINET PROBLEMS PRESSING THE DISARMING OF REVOLUTIONISTS banditry LOCAL OUTBREAKS DEMANDS ..."

3. Political Control, Human Rights, and the UN Mission in Cambodia by Dinah PoKempner (1992)
"banditry is presently die most grave threat to security and free movement ... While in some cases banditry is simply a problem beyond die means of the SOC ..."

4. Evil Days: Thirty Years of War and Famine in Ethiopia by Human Rights Watch (Organization), Alexander De Waal (1991)
"banditry was a traditional mode of social mobility: a frustrated local leader ... The most famous example of the successful use of banditry for political ..."

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