brigand

Example Sentences

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This brigand may not be as wily as he thinks he is, but Leone loved him enough to let him survive the famous shootout and still be hanging around, so to speak, at the end.

From Time • Jun. 25, 2014

What links Robert’s brigand tableau to most of the work around it is its landscape setting.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2013

But you don't have to be an anarchist or a brigand to sense the power shift.

From Slate • Apr. 5, 2011

She had been collected by some brigand or another for a friend of mine, who said she couldn't have her in the house.

From The Guardian • Oct. 3, 2010

But it was no orc-chieftain or brigand that led the assault upon Gondor.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien