banditry

Example Sentences

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He vowed "continuous food and cash support" for "families affected by banditry" -- the word commonly used for the violence racking the region.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

Some Nigerians welcomed U.S. intervention, citing their own government’s failure to make headway against terrorism and banditry since the kidnapping of the Chibok girls more than a decade ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

Nearly two-thirds of its 213 million people live on less than $2 a day; extremist violence and banditry are rife; and life expectancy is just 53, nine years below the African average.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2023

But although Niger had been battling its own jihadist insurgency and rural banditry, it had appeared relatively more stable than its neighbours.

From BBC • Jul. 27, 2023

The two sides signed another peace accord on 20 November 1994 and the cease-fire is generally holding, but military tensions and banditry persist.

From The 1998 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency