bandits
Example Sentences
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When Lakurawa moved into communities along the Niger-Nigeria border, it prompted the bandits to move elsewhere.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025
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
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
She had let herself become fretful for no good reason, and was reminded of how she had foolishly imagined bandits might board the train on the day she arrived at Ashton Place.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
