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n. - The practice of plundering in gangs.

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  • The merchant refused to travel in the region due to the ongoing banditry.
  • Appaently, banditry is a common problem in some coastal areas of Michoacan and Guerrero.
  • Something about the way he said the word "banditry" caught her attention; she pursued it like a cat does a mouse.
  • The court convicted one man, Salambek Dzakhkiyev, of "banditry" and the other, Maksharip Khidriyev, of illegally transporting explosives.
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