as in bandits
formal + old-fashioned
a person who commits robbery usually as part of a group
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Recent Examples of brigands
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
Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brigands
Noun
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Over $200 Off NFL Sunday Ticket NFL fans can make out like bandits with the DraftKings Sportsbook welcome offer.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Sep. 2025
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Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern were cast as the bumbling but dogged bandits, Harry and Marv, and Catherine O’Hara brought humor and compassion to the part of Kevin’s mother.—
Tim Greiving,
Vulture,
3 Sep. 2025
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The immediate impact on public opinion is hard to gauge, but, as the war went on, the picture came to stand for the belief that in supporting South Vietnam, the United States was supporting war criminals.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
27 Sep. 2025
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When Netflix premieres The Witcher season 4, Ciri will now be living off the grid as Falka with the Rats, a group of young criminals.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Sep. 2025
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On the other hand, there was also the concept of reading and how to integrate that in the story, how the pirates learn to read, and how words go together.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
20 Sep. 2025
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Leaders in the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) focused on combating pirates and handling trade across the strait as Chinese settlers increasingly moved to the island.—
David C. Kang,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Sep. 2025
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The emperor died immediately, and afterward his assassins dragged his tattered remains through the streets of Haiti’s future capital.—
Marlene L. Daut
September 22,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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Also on Monday, Whoopi Goldberg gave a powerful bit of advice to would-be assassins from her post on the talk show.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 Sep. 2025
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The sting took place along Interstate 40, where officials found most offenders with unverifiable licenses behind the wheels of 80,000-pound 18-wheelers.—
Christina Shaw,
FOXNews.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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The opinion article, published in The Mercury News, argued that criminal-justice reforms had weakened consequences for serious offenders.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
30 Sep. 2025
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Your report just might help the cops catch the crooks.—
Frank Witsil,
Freep.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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The potential for a showdown over crime in Chicago – not just between law enforcement and crooks but between the federal government and city leaders – is escalating.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
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As soon as he was convicted, huge numbers changed their minds and soon 58% thought felons should be able to be president.—
Sarah Stein Lubrano,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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According to the plea agreement, Manning and his co-conspirators trafficked at least 22 firearms to people who were known felons or sold guns that had been converted into unregistered machine guns.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
22 Aug. 2025
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Their neighbor, an older Jewish woman, gets arrested and Nazi thugs brazenly loot her apartment.—
Rabih Alameddine
September 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Sep. 2025
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As night falls, armed thugs roam the streets and families pick up guns to protect themselves.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
24 Aug. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Brigands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brigands. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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