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 usually lives in a gang and lives by pillage...
- Brigandage in Southern Italy (Italian: brigantaggio) had existed in some form since ancient times. However its origins as outlaws targeting random travellers...
- of criminality and in modern usage can be synonymous for gangsterism, brigandage, marauding, terrorism, piracy and thievery. The term bandit (introduced...
- 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...
- state and the Southern po****tion by unchaining first a civil war called Brigandage, which brought about 20,000 victims by 1864 and the militarization of...
-  130. ISBN 9781118624609. Lee, Joo-Yup (2015). Qazaqlïq, or Ambitious Brigandage, and the Formation of the Qazaqs: State and Identity in Post-Mongol Central...
- Seine and what is now Rouen in exchange for Rollo agreeing to end his brigandage, swearing allegiance to him, religious conversion and a pledge to defend...
- It originated and remains common in Southern Italy, where banditry or brigandage and Mafia-type criminal organizations (like the Camorra, Cosa Nostra,...
- A Morte Comanda o Cangaço is a 1960 Brazilian Western action film directed by Carlos Coimbra and Walter Guimarães Motta. Shot in Pernambuco, it stars Alberto...
- redistributed. An anti-sedition law was established in 1901, followed by an anti-brigandage law in 1902. Guerilla activity continued in some areas, notably in Samar...