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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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Gulf Arab nations, chief among them the United Arab Emirates, have decried Iran’s control of the strait as akin to piracy.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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The list raises many unanswered questions, not least of which is the possibility that the United States is now in favor of piracy on the high seas.—
Susan B. Glasser,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Sri Lanka’s Police Narcotics Bureau is investigating if the smuggling activities are connected to local drug-running networks.—
Lucas Lilieholm,
CNN Money,
28 Apr. 2026
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Two San Diego men were sentenced for smuggling endangered exotic birds across the border.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The looting report in Haaretz follows several other misconduct complaints against Israeli soldiers in Lebanon.—
Max Saltman,
CNN Money,
26 Apr. 2026
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Spiegelman uses the term micro-looting, dressing up petty theft in political pretensions.—
Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
23 Apr. 2026
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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 2 May. 2026.
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