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Synonyms for banditry


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ban-di-tree
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæn dɪ tri



Définition of banditry

Origin :
  • 1861, from bandit + -ry.
  • As in highway robbery : noun overcharging
Example sentences :
  • There were arrests, incidents of banditry and pillage, and many futile Turkish efforts to restore order.
  • Extract from : « Area Handbook for Albania » by Eugene K. Keefe
  • He recalled the days of banditry, and the strange visitors, who had brought with them disturbing knowledge, and strange powers.
  • Extract from : « The Players » by Everett B. Cole
  • At first, the inhabitants lived by a species of banditry, robbing the whites whenever they could.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 » by Various
  • This was not the West as I had dreamed of it, not the West even of banditry and violent action.
  • Extract from : « Land of the Burnt Thigh » by Edith Eudora Kohl
  • I shall go mad Shut in this gilded den,—this stifling hold Of banditry.
  • Extract from : « The Mortal Gods and Other Plays » by Olive Tilford Dargan

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