armed band

Pierre Courbet, a stocking weaver, was torn from his loom by an armed band, and shot at his own door.

It was an armed band, for by the aid of the glasses I could make out the glint of assegais and the war shields that were carried.

The thicket concealed him and at the head of an armed band of men he saw Ladislaus Csaki and Azraele riding on one horse.

The day of the armed band riding down to take her was, if not past, passing fast.

When some of the leaders hesitated, Henry placed himself at the head of an armed band and marched toward Williamsburg.