banditry
Example Sentences
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Another candidate, Faya Millimono, complained of "electoral banditry" linked, he said, to influence exerted on voters.
From Barron's ● Dec. 30, 2025
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
At first, Lakurawa members promised to tackle banditry and help protect local people from cattle thieves.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2025
Even those who dislike the current regime say banditry, kidnapping and corruption, which were rampant under the previous governments, have been largely reined in.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2023
Then, for the first time in Triplanetary history, the forces of law and order joined hands with those of piracy and banditry against a common foe.
From Triplanetary by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)
