brig·and·age
ˈbri-gən-dij sometimes bri-ˈgan- 
plural -s
: depredation as practiced by brigands : pillage
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David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
21 May 2026
Their stories live on in Sardinian lore with an almost mythical quality, the brigands admired for their intractability.
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IEEE Spectrum,
7 May 2026
As did most of the 4,500 caught in the region as feds traveled willy-nilly originally from their base at Naval Station Great Lakes in North Chicago, like roving bands of masked brigands seeking human loot.
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Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Jan. 2026
Then rumors started spreading about armed brigands that would come to town to steal what little harvest folks had left, so towns raised militias to fight back.
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Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
24 Sep. 2025
Captured by brigands, the immigrants are herded into a remote Libyan prison camp where they are tormented and tortured.
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Peter Rainer,
The Christian Science Monitor,
22 Feb. 2024
Saúl is a brigand while Isabella is a noblewoman, and the tale tells of the couple’s struggle as their families oppose their union.
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Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Forbes,
10 Aug. 2022
Scavenger is a brigand Gawain encounters on his journey.
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BostonGlobe.com,
30 July 2021
Looking eastward, the notion that Iran, which took hundreds of thousands of casualties in repelling an Iraqi juggernaut in the 1980s, is going to melt in terror in the face of several thousand ISIS brigands is absurd.
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Steven Simon,
Foreign Affairs,
26 Aug. 2014
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Noun
The French-language film begins in Spain circa 1845, when Antonio, the blind knife-sharpener, returns to Seville to the great delight of local brigands and soldiers, whose blades have grown dull in his absence.
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David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
21 May 2026
Their stories live on in Sardinian lore with an almost mythical quality, the brigands admired for their intractability.
—
IEEE Spectrum,
7 May 2026
As did most of the 4,500 caught in the region as feds traveled willy-nilly originally from their base at Naval Station Great Lakes in North Chicago, like roving bands of masked brigands seeking human loot.
—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Jan. 2026
Then rumors started spreading about armed brigands that would come to town to steal what little harvest folks had left, so towns raised militias to fight back.
—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
24 Sep. 2025
Captured by brigands, the immigrants are herded into a remote Libyan prison camp where they are tormented and tortured.
—
Peter Rainer,
The Christian Science Monitor,
22 Feb. 2024
Saúl is a brigand while Isabella is a noblewoman, and the tale tells of the couple’s struggle as their families oppose their union.
—
Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Forbes,
10 Aug. 2022
Scavenger is a brigand Gawain encounters on his journey.
—
BostonGlobe.com,
30 July 2021
Looking eastward, the notion that Iran, which took hundreds of thousands of casualties in repelling an Iraqi juggernaut in the 1980s, is going to melt in terror in the face of several thousand ISIS brigands is absurd.
—
Steven Simon,
Foreign Affairs,
26 Aug. 2014
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