banditry

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Banditry mainly grew out of land conflicts between farmers and herders.

From Barron's • Nov. 24, 2025

A legal complaint has been filed and a police source told Agence France-Presse that investigators from the Banditry Repression Brigade in Paris, which handles art theft, had taken up the case.

From The Guardian • Apr. 4, 2018

Banditry has grown so bad that long stretches of national highways are no-go zones for authorities. 

From Slate • Feb. 14, 2014

Banditry is widespread in a region once described by the late British explorer Wilfred Thesiger as a "veritable land of death."

From Reuters • Jan. 18, 2012

Banditry has been rising since a cease-fire took effect last May.

From Time Magazine Archive