bandits

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The Rams made out like bandits when the Falcons struggled and the pick they got back turned out to land at No. 13.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

The U.K. government has advised against nearly all travel to the Central African Republic, and Brown said he was warned about rebel fighters, bandits, poachers, Russian mercenaries, dengue fever and the Ebola virus.

From The Wall Street Journal • 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

Other plots involve bandits, guns and an Indigenous tribe, the Cayuse, about to sign a treaty and a rebel faction out to scotch it.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

First thing in the morning, when the doors reopened, she needed to search through the Dewey decimal rooms to find a clue that would tell her exactly how and where the bandits had crawled in.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein