brigand

Example Sentences

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He’s both the handsome and heroic Jamie Lockhart and, his face stained with berry juice, he’s a dashing but dastardly brigand.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2016

This brigand may not be as wily as he thinks he is, but Leone loved him enough to let him survive the famous shootout and still be hanging around, so to speak, at the end.

From Time • Jun. 25, 2014

But you don't have to be an anarchist or a brigand to sense the power shift.

From Slate • Apr. 5, 2011

She had been collected by some brigand or another for a friend of mine, who said she couldn't have her in the house.

From The Guardian • Oct. 3, 2010

“I’m not a brigand or a devil. I’m a Benedictine brother. A monk.”

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz