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PRONUNCIATION OF BRIGANDAGE

brigandage  [ˈbrɪɡəndɪdʒ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BRIGANDAGE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Brigandage is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BRIGANDAGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

brigandage

Brigandage

Brigandage refers to the life and practice of brigands: highway robbery and plunder, and a brigand is a person who usually lives in a gang and lives by pillage and robbery. The painting, Travellers attacked by brigands by Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem.

Definition of brigandage in the English dictionary

The definition of brigandage in the dictionary is the activity of being a bandit or plunderer.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BRIGANDAGE


adage
ˈædɪdʒ
appendage
əˈpɛndɪdʒ
bandage
ˈbændɪdʒ
blindage
ˈblaɪndɪdʒ
bondage
ˈbɒndɪdʒ
cordage
ˈkɔːdɪdʒ
frondage
ˈfrɒndɪdʒ
garlandage
ˈɡɑːləndɪdʒ
groundage
ˈɡraʊndɪdʒ
guidage
ˈɡaɪdɪdʒ
husbandage
ˈhʌzbəndɪdʒ
impoundage
ɪmˈpaʊndɪdʒ
pondage
ˈpɒndɪdʒ
poundage
ˈpaʊndɪdʒ
Sandage
ˈsændɪdʒ
unbandage
ʌnˈbændɪdʒ
vagabondage
ˈvæɡəˌbɒndɪdʒ
vendage
ˈvendɪdʒ
windage
ˈwɪndɪdʒ
yardage
ˈjɑːdɪdʒ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BRIGANDAGE

brig
Brig.
Brig. Gen.
brigade
brigadier
brigadier general
brigalow
brigand
brigandine
brigandry
brigantine
Briggs
Brighouse
bright
bright and early
bright lights
bright spark
bright young things
bright-blindness
bright-eyed

WORDS THAT END LIKE BRIGANDAGE

Ace Bandage
bavardage
cloudage
crepe bandage
faldage
fardage
guardage
headage
hidage
living bandage
marivaudage
roller bandage
scaffoldage
sondage
Tensor bandage

Synonyms and antonyms of brigandage in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «brigandage» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BRIGANDAGE

Find out the translation of brigandage to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of brigandage from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «brigandage» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

抢劫
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bandolerismo
570 millions of speakers

English

brigandage
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

डकैती
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اللصوصية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

разбой
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

brigandage
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রাহাজান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

banditisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Brigand
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Räuberei
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

山賊行為
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

산적
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Brigand
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự cướp bóc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வழிப்பறி திருடன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ब्रिगेड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

haydut
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

brigantaggio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rozboju
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

розбій
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

brigandaj
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ληστεία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

roverij
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rövartåg
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

brigandage
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of brigandage

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BRIGANDAGE»

The term «brigandage» is regularly used and occupies the 82.528 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BRIGANDAGE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about brigandage

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRIGANDAGE»

Discover the use of brigandage in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to brigandage and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Brigands with a cause: brigandage and irredentism in modern ...
The book examines brigandage and irredentism in Greece since the War of Independence, tracing the intimate links between the two, their impact on Greek politics and statecraft, and their influence on modern Greek identity and nationalism.
Giannēs Koliopoulos, 1987
2
Medieval Islamic Civilization: A-K, index
HIRABA, OR BRIGANDAGE crime of brigandage is found in verse 5:34-5 (Al-Ma' ida) where the Qur'an states that "the recompense for those who wage war against God and His messenger and spread disorder throughout the land is either that ...
Josef W. Meri, Jere L. Bacharach, 2006
3
Crime and Punishment in Early Modern Russia
GOVERNOR AND BRIGANDAGE ELDER IN BELOOZERO AND ARZAMAS Cases from Beloozero and Arzamas illustrate dynamic relationships between brigandage elder and governor. In Beloozero the brigandage administration existed ...
Nancy Kollmann, 2012
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Beyond the Terror: Essays in French Regional and Social ...
Provence.3 Whether in tiny hamlets like Montreal (Ardeche), which Solier knew well, or in Lyon, the second city of the realm, catholic royalist brigandage was to exploit the grievances of the classes populates against a revolution which, in one  ...
Gwynne Lewis, Colin Lucas, 2003
5
Living the Revolution: Italian Women's Resistance and ...
For reports in NYT, see “Brigandage in Italy,” 28 May 1865; “Brigandage: A Traveler's Views of Brigand Life in Italy,” 29 October 1865; “Brigandage—Inability of the Government to Suppress It,” 6 August 1868; “Brigandage: The Brigands of  ...
Jennifer Guglielmo, 2010
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Brigandage
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Brigandage refers to the life and practice of brigands: highway robbery and plunder, and a brigand is a person who usually lives in a gang and lives by pillage and robbery.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
7
Outlaws: Phoolan Devi, Outlaw, Brigandage, Hajduk, Cangaço, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Books, LLC, General Books LLC, 2010
8
Crime History and Histories of Crime: Studies in the ...
Davis's ideas have the added advantage of helping to explain the virulence of brigandage after unity, when the Piedmontese rather stupidly alienated southern elites out of fear of left-wing radicalism. Disbanding Garibaldi's army without ...
Clive Emsley, Louis A. Knafla, 1996
9
Policing Islam: The British Occupation of Egypt and the ...
of investigating cases of brigandage, thus usurping the role of the Native Tribunals. Although it was the plan of Nubar, Baring agreed with the necessity of it in view of the frequent acts of brigandage in Lower Egypt." Baring believed that the ...
Harold Tollefson, 1999
10
A Roman Villa and a Late Roman Infant Cemetery: Excavation ...
"We have seen the roads jammed with your grain; along the banks of the Saone and the Rhone we have seen not merely a single barn alone which you singly had filled up". c) Brigandage Recent work has viewed brigands (latrones) from the ...
David Soren, Noelle Soren, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRIGANDAGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term brigandage is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ex-Ekiti PDP Chair Dumps Party For APC
... in the town, Adesanya said he had abandoned PDP long time ago over thuggery, brigandage and deceit of a one-man party in the state. «Information Nigeria, Jul 15»
2
Julian Assange on Google, surveillance and predatory capitalism
It's brigandage, led by hucksters willing to take big risks for money and power. And yet Google's technical achievements are nothing less than ... «StartupSmart, Jul 15»
3
Climate Then and Now
Brigandage was widespread. Bands of starving men, women, and children roamed about in desperation. But never forget that the industrial ... «Power Line, Jul 15»
4
Ekiti govt, APC bicker on alleged plan to commercialise education
... regretting that this had contributed to the falling standard of education in the state through promotion of brigandage as out-of-school youths ... «The Guardian Nigeria, Jun 15»
5
Still On The Immigration Recruitment Saga
This is one factor that has continued to fraught the exercise with favoritism, nepotism and other social brigandage that nearly brought the ... «Leadership Newspapers, Jun 15»
6
We've Sanitised Port Operations – Bello
There cannot be chaos and brigandage at the ports. The moment you achieve this blissful scenario, then you see the efficiency of port ... «Leadership Newspapers, Jun 15»
7
Wike Impounds Bulletproof SUV From Amaechi's Ex-Chief Of Staff
According to him, “I have just been informed of the forceful confiscation of my status car in the usual brigandage and 'Rambo' approach, which ... «Information Nigeria, Jun 15»
8
APC To Fayose: Don't kill Awo's legacy in Ekiti State
... regretting that this had contributed to the falling standard of education in the state through promotion of brigandage as out-of-school youths ... «WorldStage, Jun 15»
9
President Buhari - Restoring Nigeria's Pride and Glory
... them from the dungeons of Armageddon- lootocracy, reckless impunity and predatory polinomic brigandage- to the safe havens of restitution. «AllAfrica.com, Jun 15»
10
CBCP: Torture unacceptable
“Nothing justifies torture, more so when it is part of a scheme of lawlessness and sheer brigandage,” said Archbishop Socrates Villegas, CBCP ... «Inquirer.net, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Brigandage [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/brigandage>. May 2024 ».
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