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an armed thief — especially a member of a band that resides in the countryside

The road is not safe because of roving brigands.

He sounds charming, but has the morals of a remorseless brigand.
"I almost hesitated, though," replied the sailor; "you looked more like a brigand than an honest man, with your beard six inches, and your hair a foot long."
Alexandre Dumas -- The Count of Monte Cristo
We were afraid you had been captured by brigands.
George Bernard Shaw -- Man And Superman

brigands = armed thieves — especially members of a band that reside in the countryside

They all went down to tea flushed and joyous as any mountain brigands.
Edith Nesbit -- The Railway Children

brigands = armed thieves — especially members of a band that reside in the countryside

The hardships of the journey would be perfectly appalling, apart from the risk of brigandage or even treachery among their own escorting party.
James Hilton -- Lost Horizon
He was delighted with himself: he looked every inch a brigand.
W. Somerset Maugham -- Of Human Bondage
I counted three—a half dozen men of dubious character, brigands with eyes devoid of all conscience....
Libba Bray -- Sweet Far Thing
From some firsthand reports I've heard, I believe that he has used guided missiles against warships sent after his brigands.
Roger Zelazny -- Lord of Light
As it turned out it was Chapter Eight she wanted, a report of the author's own encounter with the Trystero brigands.
Thomas Pynchon -- The Crying of Lot 49
Good God, though we did play the brigand we might at least emulate the illustrious and spare pretty women.
Hermann Hesse -- Steppenwolf
But it was the Web authorities and brigands from whom we fled, no?
Dan Simmons -- Hyperion
The day I need military counsel from a Lysene brigand is the day I put off my crown and take the black.
George R.R. Martin -- A Clash of Kings
An episode of the brigandage of today and every day!
Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- The Idiot
In the old days such men turned from soldiers into brigands.
Boris Pasternak -- Doctor Zhivago
If I knew which rascal threw at the carriage, and if that brigand were sufficiently near it, he should be crushed under the wheels.
Charles Dickens -- A Tale of Two Cities
SECOND POET: Eight bleeding brigand carcasses strew the pavements there—all slit open with sword-gashes!
Edmond Rostand -- Cyrano de Bergerac
It was no brigand or orc-chieftain that ordered the assault upon the Lord of Mordor's greatest foe.
J.R.R. Tolkien -- The Return of the King
"Don't you remember," said the patron, "I told you that among the crew there were two Corsican brigands?"
Alexandre Dumas -- The Count of Monte Cristo
She thinks we're brigands who are going to sell her for a slave.
Amy Tan -- The Joy Luck Club

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