bandit
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Nigeria's police and military have long been overstretched: across its north, Africa's most populous country is fighting a long-running jihadist insurgency, complicated by inroads made by militants from the Sahel, and non-ideological "bandit" gangs.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
Bernthal, who plays Sonny, has his own wayward machismo and hapless sensitivity, the very qualities that made Al Pacino unforgettable in the role of the bungling bandit with a Catholic conscience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026
One sculpture transforms the European hero Robin Hood into an African bandit queen who raided slave traders and freed their captives.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026
Some managers of SPVs, knowing they’re among the few ways to buy into coveted pre-IPO companies, charge fees that would make a bandit blush.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
His pride had prevented him from making contact with the armed groups in the interior of the country until the leaders of the party publicly rectified their declaration that he was a bandit.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The life of a superhero lends itself well to gallivanting through galaxies, battling space pirates and star bandits.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
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 ● Feb. 23, 2026
A security report cited by AFP said bandits came on "41 motorcycles, each carrying two or three men".
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026
"The strike was conducted at a location where, historically, you have the bandits and the Lakurawa parading around that axis," Bwala said.
From Barron's ● Dec. 27, 2025
The animals were flanked by thirty drivers plus a dozen guardsmen who protected against bandits, settled arguments, and arranged for lodging.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
There are gold mines and roving banditti; mules are branded, and dung is hauled to smoke out grasshoppers.
From New York Times ● Nov. 26, 2018
One internal British memo portrayed him after victory as demanding the runaways be returned "with all the grossness and ferocity of a captain of banditti".
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2017
The Italians idolize Grand Prix drivers, artists, novelists and occasionally Sicilian banditti.
From Time Magazine Archive
Do you think, O blue eyed banditti, Because you have scaled the wall, Such an old mustache as I am Is not a match for you all?
From Time Magazine Archive
It is not possible, my master; for to the right are the banditti, to the left the wolves.
From The War Tiger Or, Adventures and Wonderful Fortunes of the Young Sea Chief and His Lad Chow: A Tale of the Conquest of China by Dalton, William
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