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brigandage

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brig·and  (brgnd)
n.
A robber or bandit, especially one of an outlaw band.
[Middle English brigaunt, from Old French, from Old Italian brigante, skirmisher, from present participle of brigare, to fight; see brigade.]
brigand·age (-n-dj), brigand·ism n.
Translations
brigandage [ˈbrɪgəndɪdʒ] N → bandidaje m, bandolerismo m


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The old scaffolding of feudal jurisdictions remained standing; an immense aggregation of bailiwicks and seignories crossing each other all over the city, interfering with each other, entangled in one another, enmeshing each other, trespassing on each other; a useless thicket of watches, sub-watches and counter-watches, over which, with armed force, passed brigandage, rapine, and sedition.
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