banditry

[ ban-di-tree ]

/ ˈbæn dɪ tri /

the activities or practices of bandits.

bandits collectively; banditti.

Origin of banditry

First recorded in 1920–25; bandit + -ry

There are limits to the painting of banditry and extortion as the legitimate raising of taxes.

ISIS’s Futile Quest to Go Legit |Jamie Dettmer |January 5, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
I shall go mad Shut in this gilded den,—this stifling hold Of banditry.

The Mortal Gods and Other Plays |Olive Tilford Dargan
There were arrests, incidents of banditry and pillage, and many futile Turkish efforts to restore order.

Area Handbook for Albania |Eugene K. Keefe
This was not the West as I had dreamed of it, not the West even of banditry and violent action.

Land of the Burnt Thigh |Edith Eudora Kohl

He recalled the days of banditry, and the strange visitors, who had brought with them disturbing knowledge, and strange powers.

The Players |Everett B. Cole