bandits

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“Nigerian citizens will be happy with any help that is toward bringing to an end the persistent killings by bandits and terrorists,” said John Joseph Hayab, chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria.

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

The report suggested that deals struck by neighbouring states in the hopes of getting the bandits to agree to stop their activities may be partly responsible for an uptick in abductions in November.

From Barron's • Nov. 30, 2025

First thing in the morning, when the doors reopened, she needed to search through the Dewey decimal rooms to find a clue that would tell her exactly how and where the bandits had crawled in.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein