banditry

banditry
Synonyms and related words:
armed robbery, asportation, assault and robbery, bank robbery, brigandage, brigandism, cattle lifting, cattle stealing, depredation, despoiling, despoilment, despoliation, direption, extortion, foraging, foray, freebooting, heist, highway robbery, hijacking, holdup, looting, marauding, mugging, pillage, pillaging, plunder, plundering, pocket picking, purse snatching, raid, raiding, ransacking, rape, rapine, ravage, ravagement, ravaging, ravishment, razzia, reiving, rifling, robbery, robbing, sack, sacking, spoiling, spoliation, stickup, stickup job

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  • banditry — 1861, from BANDIT (Cf. bandit) + RY (Cf. ry) …   Etymology dictionary

  • banditry — noun Acts characteristic of a bandit; armed robbery. The merchant refused to travel in the region due to the ongoing banditry …   Wiktionary

  • banditry — [[t]bæ̱ndɪtri[/t]] N UNCOUNT Banditry is used to refer to acts of robbery and violence in areas where the rule of law has broken down …   English dictionary

  • banditry — bandit ► NOUN (pl. bandits or banditti) ▪ a member of a gang of armed robbers. DERIVATIVES banditry noun. ORIGIN from Italian bandito banned …   English terms dictionary

  • banditry — noun see bandit …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • banditry — /ban di tree/, n. 1. the activities or practices of bandits. 2. bandits collectively; banditti. [1920 25; BANDIT + RY] * * * …   Universalium

  • banditry — ban·dit·ry || bændɪtrɪ n. work of bandits or outlaws …   English contemporary dictionary

  • banditry — ban·dit·ry …   English syllables

  • banditry — ban•dit•ry [[t]ˈbæn dɪ tri[/t]] n. the activities of bandits • Etymology: 1920–25 …   From formal English to slang

  • banditry — /ˈbændətri/ (say banduhtree) noun 1. the work or practice of bandits. 2. bandits collectively; banditti …  

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