brigandagen.
/ˈbrɪɡəndɪdʒ/ 1. The practice of brigands; highway-robbery, freebooting, pillage; †concr. an incursion, depredation by brigands (obsolete).
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > brigandage or freebooting > [noun] > instance of
brigandage1600
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > brigandage or freebooting > [noun]
trailbaston1304
brigantaille1393
latrocinyc1430
brigancy1513
free-boot1598
freebootinga1599
brigandize1609
latronage1619
free-booty1649
moss-trooping1649
buccaneering1758
dacoiting1802
gang robbery1812
dacoity1813
free-bootery1813
brigandage1823
bush-ranging1832
mosstroopery1845
filibustering1856
klephtism1858
robberhood1863
brigandism1865
Vikingism1880
bushwhackerism1883
Vikingship1883
banditism1885
dacoitage1887
brigandry1909
banditry1922
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxviii. xlv. 1011 e A privat brigandage and robberie.
1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. v. 318 The Corsairs of Barbary, have extended their Brigandages even upon the Coasts of Provence.
1823 Scott Quentin Durward I. i. 13 The brigandage of the Free Companies.
1884 Mahaffy in Contemp. Rev. XLVI. 96 Brigandage..was too often the outcome of shocking tyranny and injustice.
2. Brigands collectively.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > brigand > [noun] > collectively
Roberdsmen1331
bandit1706
brigandage1875
1875 C. Merivale Gen. Hist. Rome (1877) i. 4 A stronghold for the unsettled brigandage of the country round.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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