bandits

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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

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

For years the bandits have mainly targeted those in the north-west of Nigeria - but they have been moving to other parts of the country, like Kwara and Niger states, more recently.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

The Nigerian government designated the bandits as terrorists under domestic law in January 2022, allowing increased use of the military against them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

They usually return before dark because the Doctorita frets that a gang of bandits will jump out in the darkness and hijack the truck.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau