One of the redeeming features of the Munich tragedy (and I am not condemning it) and the present international lawlessness and brigandage is the change in the United States. From Wordnik.com. [Our Democratic Heritage] Reference
That is brigandage, which is denounced by the laws of Sicily. From Wordnik.com. [Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad] Reference
For the progress is noticeable only by comparison, and, without speaking of open wars, brigandage, which is dying out, is not yet quite extinct. From Wordnik.com. [A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance] Reference
In short, what foreigners call brigandage, which prevailed under the Turkish rule, has not, I am sorry to say, diminished under the Greek sovereignty. From Wordnik.com. [On Affairs in Greece] Reference
Though this kind of brigandage still survives, it is no longer common, especially in the neighbourhood of Poona, with its large police force. From Wordnik.com. [India and the Indians] Reference
Last March I was standing near a rookery, noting the contention and quarrelling, the downright tyranny, and brigandage which is carried on there. From Wordnik.com. [Nature Near London] Reference
The only good news, relatively speaking, is that this film suffers less from Lionsgate's "brigandage" (to use a term from the film) than the last one I reviewed. From Wordnik.com. [Home Theater Forum] Reference
The history of brigandage in Spain is very similar. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
In such conditions as these brigandage cannot last. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
"This is certainly brigandage up to date!" she reflected. From Wordnik.com. [Bandit Love] Reference
Naples with Italy, brigandage has been fostered by the Bourbons and the. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866] Reference
But brigandage in Spanish times was very mild compared with what it is now. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
The conditions which favour the development of brigandage may be easily summed up. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
Then and there it was that brigandage has flourished, and has been difficult to extirpate. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
The Bourbon dynasty reduced brigandage very much, and secured order on the main high-roads. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
In fact, Italian brigandage is a very simple affair, about which it is hard to say anything new. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866] Reference
At this date brigandage is one of the greatest deterrents to the prosperous development of the Islands. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
Guide-Book -- that the late Bourbon government did anything towards effectually suppressing brigandage. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866] Reference
Piracy on the sea, brigandage on the land, had been put down, and there was a very great deal of travel. From Wordnik.com. [The Jesus of History] Reference
The regular troops, the constabulary, and other armed forces combined were unable to exterminate brigandage. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
Given centuries of weak, cruel, and corrupt government, and you have the perpetuation of brigandage inevitably. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866] Reference
The literature of brigandage, apart from pure romances, or official reports of trials, is naturally extensive. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
The brigandage of Greece, southern Italy, Corsica and Spain had deeper roots, and has never been quite suppressed. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
There were but two courses open to the majority of the ex-soldiers -- brigandage or service under their new masters. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
But where was that guarantee when Tripoli and Cyrenaica were attacked in a way little differing from open brigandage?. From Wordnik.com. [The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915] Reference
In Canada the mounted police have kept brigandage down, and in Mexico the "Rurales" have made an end of the brigands. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
Here also was found the inscription of A.D. 295, relating to the measures taken to suppress brigandage in these parts. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
In relatively unsettled parts of the United States there has been a considerable amount of a certain kind of brigandage. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
To break such a pledge would be an act of brigandage; and the need for suppressing brigandage cannot be regarded as an open question. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index] Reference
The revolt against the house of Austria in 1640, and the War of the Succession (1700-1714), gave a great stimulus to Catalan brigandage. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
His brigandage, indeed, is only the external roughness which results naturally from his education, his circumstances and his mode of life. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science] Reference
While the Manchus were busy establishing themselves at Peking, the outlying provinces of the empire were given over to brigandage and civil strife. From Wordnik.com. [A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia] Reference
Now, after little more than a decade of constitutional rule, brigandage has almost disappeared from the face of the land, and travellers are comparatively safe. From Wordnik.com. [Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta] Reference
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