Etymology
Origin of banditry
Example Sentences
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He noted that Nigerian forces are also stretched thin, attending to southeastern separatists, armed "banditry" in the northwest and farmer-herder conflicts in central states.
From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026
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
Access to ransom money has traditionally made banditry a lucrative endeavour, yet in Kurfi, it was bandit leaders who requested peace talks.
From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025
Nearly two-thirds of its 213 million people live on less than $2 a day; extremist violence and banditry are rife; and life expectancy is just 53, nine years below the African average.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2023
But we trained her to carry the mail, and though there was no banditry in that section, we had to be on our guard with money coming in.
From Land of the Burnt Thigh by Voorhies, Stephen J.
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