BANDITRY

Banditry

Banditry is the life and practice of bandits. A bandit is "one who is proscribed or outlawed; hence, a lawless desperate marauder, a brigand: usually applied to members of the organized gangs which infest the mountainous districts of Italy, Sicily, Spain, Greece, and Turkey." In modern usage it may be used as a synonym for gangster, hence the term "one-armed bandit" for gambling machines that can leave the gambler with no money.

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banditry

Noun

  1. Acts characteristic of a bandit; armed robbery.
    The merchant refused to travel in the region due to the ongoing banditry.


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