bandit

Nigeria's police and military have long been overstretched: across its north, Africa's most populous country is fighting a long-running jihadist insurgency, complicated by inroads made by militants from the Sahel, and non-ideological "bandit" gangs.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

Bernthal, who plays Sonny, has his own wayward machismo and hapless sensitivity, the very qualities that made Al Pacino unforgettable in the role of the bungling bandit with a Catholic conscience.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026

One sculpture transforms the European hero Robin Hood into an African bandit queen who raided slave traders and freed their captives.

From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026

That alone did not cause him to become a bandit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

He looked like a fat child sitting beside the bandit, eager for attention.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

The life of a superhero lends itself well to gallivanting through galaxies, battling space pirates and star bandits.

From Salon ● Jun. 27, 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

The military is stretched thin on other fronts as well, including fighting armed gangs known as "bandits" in the northwest and separatists in the southeast.

From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026

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

From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2025

They even carried slingshots loaded with very hard acorns, in case they met up with dangerous mail bandits along their postal route.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

There are gold mines and roving banditti; mules are branded, and dung is hauled to smoke out grasshoppers.

From New York Times ● Nov. 26, 2018

One internal British memo portrayed him after victory as demanding the runaways be returned "with all the grossness and ferocity of a captain of banditti".

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2017

Romance abides there, not principally among banditti, but in the very air and infinitely varied scene.

From Time Magazine Archive

Do you think, O blue eyed banditti, Because you have scaled the wall, Such an old mustache as I am Is not a match for you all?

From Time Magazine Archive

Gubbo explained that he had been a member of a company of banditti, had become disgusted with their ways, and left them.

From The Childhood of Rome by Louise Lamprey