Banditry
"Bandit" redirects here. For other uses, see Bandit (disambiguation). Agostino Sacchitiello (Carmine Crocco's lieutenant) and some members of his band from Bisaccia, photographed in 1862. Banditry is the life and practice of bandits . The New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (NED) defined "bandit" in 1885 as "one who is proscribed or outlawed; hence, a lawless desperate marauder, a brigand: usually applied to members of the organized gangs which infest the mountainous districts of Italy, Sicily, Spain, Greece, Iran, and Turkey". In modern usage the word may become a synonym for "thief", hence the term "one-armed bandit" for gambling machines that can leave the gambler with no money. [1] Contents 1 Origin of the word 2 History 3 Social bandit 4 Nazi Germany 5 See also 6 References Origin of the word The term bandit (introduced to English via Italian around 1590) originates w...