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brigand

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Men who had fled other camps and been set upon by brigands had been known to beg the nearest Ottoman official they could find to take them back.

The Spaniards, indeed, feigned to regard them only as a remnant of the rebels who had joined the pre-existing brigand bands.

This was the flourishing time of the notorious Fra Diavolo, who began as brigand and blossomed into a patriot.

In the East the brigand has had a freer scope, and has even founded kingdoms.

The patriot band attracts the brigand proper, who is not averse to continue his old courses under an honourable pretext.

A Kurdish brigand chief with a large banking account in England sounds a wildly impossible conception.

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On this page you'll find 18 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to brigand, such as: bandit, desperado, footpad, freebooter, highwayman, and marauder.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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