banditry
pronunciation
How to pronounce banditry in British English:
UK [ˈbændɪtri]
How to pronounce banditry in American English:
US [ˈbændɪtri]
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- Noun:
- the practice of plundering in gangs
Word Origin
- banditry (n.)
- 1861, from bandit + -ry.
Example
- 1. The banditry exist in agricultural society .
- 2. In angola , where more than 260000 chinese live and work , private firms keep them safe from banditry .
- 3. Some banditry in nigerian waters started as a protest against the threat to fishing from the oil industry .
- 4. They themselves are energetically prohibiting gambling and suppressing banditry .
- 5. Where the peasant association is powerful , gambling has stopped altogether and banditry has vanished .