Brigandage
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Brigandage is the life and practice of highway robbery and plunder. It is practiced by a brigand, a person who lives by pillage and robbery.
Italian Brigands Surprised by Papal Troops (Horace Vernet, 1831)
Xaver Hohenleiter and his robber band
A small band of brigands from Bisaccia, photographed in 1862
Carmine Crocco
Banditry
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Banditry is the act of marauding or robbing, sometimes in semi-organized groups. A person who engages in banditry is known as a bandit and primarily commits crimes such as robbery and brigandage, pira
Brigandage
…word is from a verb brigare "to brawl, fight" (whence also brigade). For a bandito or bando, a man declared outlaw by proclamation, see the article Bandit. Towards the end of wars, irreconcilables may refuse to accept the loss of their cause, and may continue hostilities using irregular tactics. Upon…
Members of the Dalton Gang on display following the Battle of Coffeyville in 1892 – left to right: Bill Power, Bob Dalton, Grat Dalton, and Dick Broadwell