Definition of Brigandage. Meaning of Brigandage. Synonyms of Brigandage

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Definition of Brigandage

Brigandage
Brigandage Brig"and*age (-[asl]j), n. [F. brigandage.] Life and practice of brigands; highway robbery; plunder.

Meaning of Brigandage from wikipedia

- Brigandage is the life and practice of highway robbery and plunder. It is practiced by a brigand, a person who is typically part of a gang and lives by...
- Brigandage in Southern Italy (Italian: brigantaggio) had existed in some form since ancient times. However, its origins as outlaws targeting random travellers...
- "finding its own uniqueness." She also noted that the series romanticized brigandage without offering much nuance. Valeria Maiolino of Cinefilos.it gave the...
- A Morte Comanda o Cangaço is a 1960 Brazilian Western action film directed and co-written by Carlos Coimbra and Walter Guimarães Motta. Shot in Pernambuco...
- one country in Europe where brigandage has existed, it can be said, from time immemorial [...] a country where brigandage for many centuries has been...
- It originated and remains common in Southern Italy, where banditry or brigandage and Mafia-type criminal organizations (like the Camorra, Cosa Nostra,...
- Winchester) between 1218 and 1221 urgently requesting action against rampant brigandage on the roads near Winchester (one of the largest cities of England at...
- redistributed. An anti-sedition law was established in 1901, followed by an anti-brigandage law in 1902. On July 4, Theodore Roosevelt, who had succeeded to the U...
- of criminality and in modern usage can be synonymous for gangsterism, brigandage, marauding, terrorism, piracy and thievery. The term bandit (introduced...
- sharpshooters (Sekban) were also recruited, and on demobilisation turned to brigandage in the Celali rebellions (1590–1610), which engendered widespread anarchy...