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Recent Examples of banditry
In the northwest, criminal banditry has taken root in areas where state presence is thin.
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Yusuf Tuggar, semafor.com, 16 Feb. 2026
In parts of the country, violent attacks, kidnappings and banditry shadow daily life.
—Vanessa Offiong, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
In Nigeria, for example, states like Borno, Zamfara, and parts of Kaduna and Katsina have experienced ongoing insecurity due to armed insurgent groups and banditry, which can restrict or delay vaccination campaigns.
—Dr. Tunji Funsho, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
Yusuf Tuggar, semafor.com, 16 Feb. 2026
In parts of the country, violent attacks, kidnappings and banditry shadow daily life.
—Vanessa Offiong, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
In Nigeria, for example, states like Borno, Zamfara, and parts of Kaduna and Katsina have experienced ongoing insecurity due to armed insurgent groups and banditry, which can restrict or delay vaccination campaigns.
—Dr. Tunji Funsho, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for banditry
Noun
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The blockade will fail, as all piracy is doomed to collapse.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2026
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Scars still exist from the Napster days and how unequipped the record labels were to handle the massive scale piracy from peer-to-peer filesharing sites, which cratered music’s value until the onset of the streaming era finally stopped the bleeding.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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He got shot while going undercover in an animal-smuggling ring, came up against IA multiple times for accusations of excessive force, and had to interrogate Hayden Panettiere as two different people.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
17 Apr. 2026
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Violent gangsters ran fentanyl and human smuggling over the Rio Grande.—
Ioan Grillo,
Time,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
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On the streets of Saigon, there was widespread looting.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Greece, home to an extensive repository of cultural artifacts, has long contended with the proliferation of counterfeits and the looting of archaeological sites.—
Tessa Solomon,
ARTnews.com,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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If his decades-long track record is any indication, Sanders would be inclined to make excuses for our adversaries and look on the bright side of their repression and rapine.—
Rich Lowry,
National Review,
25 Feb. 2020
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There is no question about the general philosophy that underlay this great act of public pillage and economic rapine.—
Charles P. Pierce,
Esquire,
13 Mar. 2013
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“Banditry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banditry. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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