Definition
The activity, actions, or behavior of brigands; highway robbery, plundering, and banditry.
Etymology
From brigand (from Old Italian brigante, from brigata meaning 'gang') + -age (suffix creating an abstract noun of action). The word evolved from 'gang member' to 'the crimes gangs commit.'
Kelly Says
Brigandage peaked in early 17th-century Europe when warfare had fractured old power structures—unemployed soldiers became brigands, making roads so dangerous that travelers hired armed escorts.
Translations
ARالعربية
سلب و نهب
salb wa nahib
CACatalà
brigandatge
bri-gan-dat-ge
CSČeština
brigandáž
bri-gan-da-zh
DADansk
brigandage
bri-gan-da-zh
DEDeutsch
Brigandage
bri-gan-da-che
ELΕλληνικά
ληστεία
les-tee-a
ESEspañol
brigandaje
bri-gan-da-he
FISuomi
brigandage
bri-gan-da-zh
FRFrançais
brigandage
bri-gan-da-zh
HAHA
brigandage
bri-gan-da-zh
HUMagyar
brigandage
bri-gan-da-zh
IDBahasa Indonesia
perampokan
pe-ram-po-kan
IGIG
brigandage
bri-gan-da-zh
ITItaliano
brigandaggio
bri-gan-da-dgio
KO한국어
강도 행위
gang-do haeng-wi
MSBahasa Melayu
perampokan
pe-ram-po-kan
NLNederlands
brigandage
bri-gan-da-zh
NONorsk
brigandage
bri-gan-da-zh
PLPolski
brigandage
bri-gan-da-zh
PTPortuguês
brigandagem
bri-gan-da-gem
RORomână
brigandaj
bri-gan-da-j
RUРусский
разбойничество
raz-boy-ni-che-stvo
SVSvenska
brigandage
bri-gan-da-zh
SWKiswahili
uhalifu
u-ha-li-fu
TAதமிழ்
தொகுப்பு
to-ku-ppu
TEతెలుగు
దొంగతనం
do-ngata-nam
TLTL
pagla-laman
pa-glah-la-man
TRTürkçe
brigandlık
bri-gan-dlik
UKУкраїнська
грабіжництво
hra-bi-zh-nyt-stvo
VITiếng Việt
cướp bóc
chup boc
YOYO
brigandage
bri-gan-da-zh
ZH中文
强盗行为
qiang-dao xing-wei
ZUZU
ubuthakazi
u-bu-tha-ka-zi