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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