banditry

Example Sentences

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He vowed "continuous food and cash support" for "families affected by banditry" -- the word commonly used for the violence racking the region.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 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

The BBC has learnt that Hamas - sensing an opportunity to regain its faltering control - has reactivated a special security force to combat theft and banditry.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2024

Even those who dislike the current regime say banditry, kidnapping and corruption, which were rampant under the previous governments, have been largely reined in.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2023

Burdened by the malaise it contracted from the Ottoman Empire, it was plagued by poverty, banditry, illiteracy, blood feuds, disease and the slavery of women and of peasants.

From After the Rain : how the West lost the East by Vaknin, Samuel