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Brigandage was such an established and accepted way of life that it was impossible to travel on the roads without the payment of large bribes to the leading men of each village along the way.
But What Can I Do About the Crisis Facing Israel and the Jewish People? 2008
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Brigandage crowned with success gave birth to the first social distinctions.
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Brigandage in parts of Anatolia mounted from 1603, leading to the mass flight of peasants to the security of walled cities and the mountains.
1608-9 2001
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_Brigandage_ first came into prominence in Governor Arandia's time
The Philippine Islands John Foreman
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Brigandage and pillage we have most certainly been guilty of in past times, but such a policy could not now survive the day it was mooted.
Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles W. R. Washington Sullivan
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Brigandage has involved a great deal of depredation upon foreign interests.
State of the Union Address (1790-2001) United States. Presidents.
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Brigandage may be, and not infrequently has been, the last resource of a people subject to invasion.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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Brigandage has lingered longer in Greece than elsewhere, because there are fewer railroads in that country.
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Brigandage crowned with success gave birth to the first social distinctions.
The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters Sand, George, 1804-1876 1921
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Brigandage persisted, and the Midi was ravaged by the struggles of partisans.
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