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brigand /ˈbrɪɡ(ə)nd /nounA member of a gang that ambushes and robs people in forests and mountains.This was a reference to the place's reputation in the past as a dangerous spot for highwaymen and brigands....- They are yesteryear's forest brigands who have turned protectors.
- ‘He was a brigand, impostor and forger,’ he says.
Derivativesbrigandage /ˈbrɪɡəndɪdʒ / noun ...- Bodin distinguished between war and other forms of organized violence such as raiding and brigandage.
- In February 1801 special criminal courts with wide powers were created to deal with brigandage.
- After nine years of brigandage, he turned back to Wessex and began to ‘contend for the kingdom.’
brigandry noun ...- Calvinus had died rich, the protector of innumerable sheep-farmers, the scourge of Southern brigandry.
- In this role he set out to deal with brigandry and banditry of the Isaurian warlord Indacus.
- After the Jacobite rebellion failed Rob continued his brigandry, and had his finger in more than one illegal pie.
OriginLate Middle English (also denoting an irregular foot soldier): from Old French, from Italian brigante, literally '(person) contending', from brigare 'contend' (see brigade). Rhymesligand |