bandit

Example Sentences

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Traditional western dramas were more likely to depict vaqueros as bandits than hard-working ranch hands whose contributions were fundamental to the American West.

From Los Angeles Times

The U.K. government has advised against nearly all travel to the Central African Republic, and Brown said he was warned about rebel fighters, bandits, poachers, Russian mercenaries, dengue fever and the Ebola virus.

From The Wall Street Journal

A security report cited by AFP said bandits came on "41 motorcycles, each carrying two or three men".

From BBC

For years the bandits have mainly targeted those in the north-west of Nigeria - but they have been moving to other parts of the country, like Kwara and Niger states, more recently.

From BBC

The military is stretched thin on other fronts as well, including fighting armed gangs known as "bandits" in the northwest and separatists in the southeast.

From Barron's