Brigand Synonyms

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Synonyms for Brigand

highwayman
(Historical) A person usually mounted on horseback who robbed travelers on public roads.
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desperado
A dangerous, reckless criminal; bold outlaw
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marauder
A band of outlaws who raid and pillage.
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outlaw
The definition of an outlaw is a person who has broken the law and is on the run or wanted.
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thief
A person who steals, esp. secretly; one guilty of theft, or larceny
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bandit
Anyone who steals, cheats, exploits, etc.
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footpad
(Australia) (also "foot pad") An unmade, minor walking trail formed only by foot traffic.
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freebooter
A person who pillages and plunders, especially a pirate.
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hoodlum
A tough, often aggressive or violent youth.
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pillager
A person who pillages
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pirate
The whole notion of Davy Jones is attributed to an evil spirit who allegedly lurked at sea waiting to escort dead sailors to the sea bottom.
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soldier
One who serves in an army.
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Words Related to Brigand

mercenary
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banditti
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robber
A person who robs.
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plunderer
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slaver
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deserter
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  • The Allies defeated Napoleon, entered Paris, forced Napoleon to abdicate, and sent him to the island of Elba, not depriving him of the title of Emperor and showing him every respect, though five years before and one year later they all regarded him as an outlaw and a brigand.

  • But, once free, he had no scruple in cheating the imperial brigand of his blackmail.

  • In the literature and drama of his country, the Andalusian is traditionally represented as the Gascon of Spain, ever boastful and mercurial; or else as a picaresque hero, bull-fighter, brigand or smuggler.

  • The Lanercost contemporary chronicler writes that the bishop of Glasgow and the Steward began the broil, and called in Wallace as the leading brigand in the country-side.

  • Joseph's authority did not exist throughout a large part of the kingdom, where royalist risings, led by brigand chiefs, maintained a state of anarchy, and a British force under Sir John Stuart, which landed in Calabria from Sicily, defeated the French at Maida (July 6th, 1806).

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