Definition of "banditry" [banditry]

• Acts characteristic of a bandit; armed robbery. (noun)

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• "But in the running world, Mr. Sagal's offense is known as banditry, and any mention of it tends to produce righteous indignation."
• "(Incidentally, the Laffer maximum for banditry from a sedentary neighbor, where there are a few but not many competing bandits, is probably somewhere in between the maxima for fully roving and fully stationary bandits: Sides recounts how the Navajo would not steal every animal from their Pueblo or Mexican neighbors during raids, but made sure to leave them enough breeding stock to rebuild their herds)."
• "Appaently, banditry is a common problem in some coastal areas of Michoacan and Guerrero."