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brigandry

Meaning of "brigandry" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF BRIGANDRY

ˈbrɪɡəndrɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BRIGANDRY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Brigandry 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 BRIGANDRY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BRIGANDRY

bellfoundry · calendry · diandry · foundry · garlandry · gynandry · Hendry · husbandry · indri · laundry · legendry · misandry · monandry · polyandry · protandry · proterandry · quandary · shandry · sundry

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BRIGANDRY

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE BRIGANDRY

air-dry · all and sundry · animal husbandry · blow-dry · bone-dry · brass foundry · cut and blow-dry · dry · freeze-dry · heraldry · high and dry · home and dry · iron foundry · medium-dry · rough-dry · spin-dry · the dry · tumble-dry · type foundry · wizardry

Synonyms and antonyms of brigandry in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «brigandry» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BRIGANDRY

Find out the translation of brigandry to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of brigandry from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «brigandry» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

brigandry
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

bandolerismo
570 millions of speakers
en

English

brigandry
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

brigandry
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحرابة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

разбой
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

brigandry
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

brigandine
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

brigandage
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Brigandine
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

brigandry
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

brigandry
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

brigandry
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Brigandine
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

brigandry
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

brigandine
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

ब्रिगंडिन
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

brigandine
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

brigantaggio
65 millions of speakers
pl

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brigandry
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

розбій
40 millions of speakers
ro

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brigandry
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

brigandry
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

brigandry
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

brigandry
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

brigandry
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of brigandry

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BRIGANDRY»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of brigandry
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about brigandry

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRIGANDRY»

Discover the use of brigandry in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to brigandry and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Muslim Bonaparte: Diplomacy and Orientalism in Ali ...
The armatoloi, functionally a militia entrusted with the task of freeing mountain passes and other dangerous and isolated areas from klephtic brigandry, were established under the policies of the Byzantine Empire. As Byzantium gave way to ...
Katherine Elizabeth Fleming, 1999
2
Caesar Dies
And besides, he had no intention of adopting brigandry as a profession, though he realized that he must make a reputation as a brigand if he hoped to be anything else than a helpless fugitive. As a rebel against Commodus it might be ...
Talbot Mundy, 2005
3
Abolition and Its Aftermath in the Indian Ocean Africa and Asia
57 Campbell, Brigandry; fora ninth-century comparison (theZanj) which, like therevolt thatoccurred in nineteenth-centuryMadagascar, hadaanon-slave« leadership, seeAlanFisher, aZanj«inPaul Finkelman and Joseph C.Miller (eds), Macmillan ...
Gwyn Campbell, 2013
4
The Army in British India: From Colonial Warfare to Total ...
In Eric Hobsbawm's view, brigandry constitutes a form of primitive rebellion, or what he terms as 'social banditry'. The term bandit is derived from the Italian bandito which means a man placed outside the law. Bandoleros, the Castilian term for ...
Kaushik Roy, 2013
5
Brücke
Miroslav BertoSa Movci i progranici (Villains and outlaws) Istarsko razbojnistvo u evropskom historiografskom obzoru (lstrian brigandry in the context of European historiography) (Socijalno razbojnistvo u Istri u XVll i XVlll stoljecu) (Social ...
6
fortyQudsi
The Messenger of Allaah (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) said: 'As for brigandry, it will be but a short time before a caravan will [be able to] go out ofMakkah without a guard. As for penury, the Hour (Day of Judgement) will not arrive before one ...
IslamKotob
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Slavery & Resistance in Africa & Asia
Alpers, 'Flight to Freedom'; see also Allen F. Isaacman, Mozambique: The Africanization of a European Institution, The Zambesi Prazos, 1750–1902 ( Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1972), pp.107–8; Campbell, Brigandry and ...
Edward A. Alpers, Gwyn Campbell, Michael Salman, 2013
8
Libya: From Repression to Revolution: A Record of Armed ...
The most significant of these revisions was law 48 of 1956, law 148 of1972, law 7 of1988, law 6 of 2002 and law 10 of 2013.127 in particular, law 148 provides for the punishment of ḥudūd crimes such as thievery and highway brigandry,128 ...
M. Cherif Bassiouni, 2013
9
House Ascendant: Odysseus and His Family in the Early ...
By the Aftermath decade's end, the uplands had ۋnally fallen into anarchy due to rampant brigandry by constant encroachments from coastal Aigialaia, far to the east and where the lofty southern palisades that overlook the Great Gulf. Taking ...
Robert Whitney, 2011
10
Route of Washington Irving: From Seville to Granada
... of carved black and white The fortified tower of the waited area and view over Estepa from the hillside AM Atar's garden The legendary past and the brigandry of Estepa captivated the romantics like Irving, who introduces them thus "This wild ...
84-8176-322-5, Sevilla Equipo 28, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRIGANDRY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term brigandry is used in the context of the following news items.
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Israel's cheer squad (Part 2): Buying support and tyrannising …
... governments and corporate ne'er-do-wells during the 20th Century of war, cold war and corporate brigandry) distorts language and meaning ... «Independent Australia, Jun 15»
2
In city's first free library, lofty goal
PCI was particularly interested in drawing young men away from the brigandry of the city's ganglike fire brigades. In 1852, the "City" was the ... «Philly.com, Jun 15»
3
Aquino optimistic BBL will be passed
More and more will rejoin society and will shun away those who are espousing secession, or rebellion, or brigandry." "So I am pushing both the ... «ABS CBN News, Jun 15»
4
Rivers - Amaechi's Mixed Grill of Achievements, Letdowns
Due to his zero tolerance policy against brigandry and banditry, before the late President Yar'Adua granted amnesty to the militias whose ... «The Guardian, May 15»
5
To remove me from office, you must first impeach God – Fayose
If you thought all the acts of brigandry you and other PDPigs committed would go unrecompensed, let me assure you that the wheels of justice ... «Premium Times, Apr 15»
6
Virgin Mary: Mother Of God
What do we see today – the brigandry and crimality continues. For example, if one steals N 200,000, the law enforcement agents will be angry ... «Nigerian Observer, Mar 15»
7
Life on the Barbary coast
However, the threat of brigandry aside, the location does make for arresting sea views. You can enter the house in two ways - either through the ... «Irish Independent, Mar 15»
8
Thailand's pirate prison in perfect paradise
It's an almost cinematic tale of criminals, aristocrats, corruption, brigandry and finally, of commandos. FROM PRISON TO PARADISE: Solitary ... «Stuff.co.nz, Feb 15»
9
Campbell Newman is trailing Kate Jones in the latest opinion polls …
The Government, through a blitz of taxpayer funded advertising as disgusting as anything in our long history of political brigandry (with the ... «Courier Mail, Dec 14»
10
A Call to Save a 12th-Century Minaret, Heard Far and Wide
... 12 hours of rough jeep track from anywhere, in a part of the country notorious for its brigandry, Ghor Province in the west-central highlands. «New York Times, Nov 14»
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