banditry

Example Sentences

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He noted that Nigerian forces are also stretched thin, attending to southeastern separatists, armed "banditry" in the northwest and farmer-herder conflicts in central states.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 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

Access to ransom money has traditionally made banditry a lucrative endeavour, yet in Kurfi, it was bandit leaders who requested peace talks.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 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

Has the dog learned from man the science of moral banditry, the best methods for the concealment of evidence, and how to dissemble?

From The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations by Hornaday, William Temple