Both Uses of
brigand
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- Ideas, if you like, are fermenting," he said to Pyotr Petrovitch, "and desire for good exists, though it's in a childish form, and honesty you may find, although there are crowds of brigands.†
Chpt 2.5 *brigands = armed thieves -- especially members of a band that reside in the countryside
- So a man will sometimes go through half an hour of mortal terror with a brigand, yet when the knife is at his throat at last, he feels no fear.†
Chpt 6.1
Definition:
an armed thief -- especially a member of a band that resides in the countryside