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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...
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Brigandage in
Southern Italy (Italian: brigantaggio) had
existed in some form
since ancient times. However, its
origins as
outlaws targeting random travellers...
- move of the
police by signals.”
Varsallona is
credited with
modernizing brigandage in Sicily.
Instead of
bands roving the
countryside and
abducting people...
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enter the
Italian National Guard but the
result was negative.
Forced to
brigandage, he
began to live by robbery. On
January 7, 1861, he met
Carmine Crocco...
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criminality and in
modern usage can be
synonymous with gangsterism,
brigandage, marauding, terrorism, piracy, and thievery. The term
bandit (introduced...
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sewer systems and
often water shortages were
known issues. The
problem of
brigandage is
explained in the book
Heroes and
Brigands by the
southern Italian historian...
- 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...
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sharpshooters (Sekban) were also recruited, and on
demobilisation turned to
brigandage in the
Celali rebellions (1590–1610),
which engendered widespread anarchy...
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application of the
Piedmonese legal system. The main
result was an
upsurge in
brigandage,
which turned into a
bloody civil war that
lasted almost ten years. The...
