bandits

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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

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

When Lakurawa moved into communities along the Niger-Nigeria border, it prompted the bandits to move elsewhere.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

In the northwest, the biggest security concern is that from criminal gangs known as bandits.

From Barron's • Dec. 27, 2025

She and bandits were the only human beings out, no palanquins available for midwives.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston