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
A security report cited by AFP said bandits came on "41 motorcycles, each carrying two or three men".
From BBC • Feb. 14, 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
Some historians have argued that Murrieta was simply a mashup of Mexican bandits named Joaquin then operating in the gold region.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
Surely the combination of fire, smoke, the stink of caverns, and bandits with decoy sweat would conceal their scent.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
