brigand

Example Sentences

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What links Robert’s brigand tableau to most of the work around it is its landscape setting.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2013

Proclaiming that every scurvy brigand is at heart just a Broadway gypsy between shows, it's the score's main example of roistering wit.

From Time • Dec. 1, 2010

She had been collected by some brigand or another for a friend of mine, who said she couldn't have her in the house.

From The Guardian • Oct. 3, 2010

When he was but a baby brigand in the employ of the University of Pittsburgh, Calipari's recruiting tactics very nearly incited a general hooley at the Big East's annual meeting.

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2010

If you’ve got a sword and no horse, you’re either a brigand or a poor knight indeed.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz