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Definition: BRIGANDAGE |
BRIGANDAGENoun1. Life and practice of brigands; highway robbery; plunder. |
Date "BRIGANDAGE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Etymology: Brigandage \Brig"and*age\ (-[asl]j), noun. [French expression brigandage.]. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Stealing | Spoliation, plunder, pillage; sack, sackage; rapine, brigandage, foray, razzia, rape, depredation, raid; blackmail. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: BRIGANDAGE |
| English words defined with "BRIGANDAGE": Brigandism. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "BRIGANDAGE" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (robbery). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Modern Brigandage (1905) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He had tended flocks in the mountains, and from shepherd had glided into brigandage. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Afghanistan | Although in principle male citizens have the right to travel freely both inside and outside the country, their ability to travel within the country was hampered by warfare, brigandage, landmines, a road network in a state of disrepair, and limited domestic air service, complicated by factional threats to air traffic. (references) |
Political Economy | Afghanistan | Areas outside of Taliban control suffered from brigandage. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "BRIGANDAGE" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 77.78% of the time. "BRIGANDAGE" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 77.78% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 22.22% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 9 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "BRIGANDAGE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | kusar (breaker, brigand, faker, footpad, harrier, highwayman, looter, passkey man, picaroon, picklock). (various references) | |
Arabic | لصوصية (larceny, thievery), قطع طرق. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | разбойничество (robbery). (various references) | |
French | banditisme. (various references) | |
Greek | ληστεία (banditry, heist, hold up, mugging, piracy, robbery, stick up, thuggery). (various references) | |
Hungarian | banditizmus. (various references) | |
Italian | brigantaggio (banditry). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | igandagebray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | depredação (depredation, prey, robbery). (various references) | |
Romanian | brigandaj, banditism (banditry). (various references) | |
Russian | разбой (robbery). (various references) | |
Spanish | bandolerismo (outlawry), bandidaje (banditry). (various references) | |
Swedish | stråtrövarhet. (various references) | |
Turkish | haydutluk (banditry, thuggery). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | розбій. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự cướp bóc (pillage, plunder, plunderage, rapine). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | latrocinia. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "BRIGANDAGE": brigandages. (additional references) | |
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"BRIGANDAGE" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Birgidale, Braganca, brigama. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "BRIGANDAGE" (pronounced 'Brig"and*age'): Abusage, Accourage, Acierage, Acreage, Adage, Adjustage, Adjutage, After-eatage, After-image, Agiotage, Ajutage, Alienage, Alloyage, Alnage, Altarage, Ambassage, Amenage, Amperage, Anecdotage, Angelage, Apanage, Appanage, Appenage, Appendage, Apprenticeage, Arbitrage, Arrearage, Assemblage, Asswage, Avenage, Badinage, baggage, Ballastage, Ballotage, Baronage, Baronetage, Barrage, Bavardage, Beaconage, Beguinage, Berthage, Beverage, Billage, Blindage, Blocage, blockage, Boatage, Bodrage, Bondage, Borage. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-d-e-g-g-i-n-r" | |
-1 letter: badgering, bargained, gabardine. | |
-2 letters: abrading, badinage, bandager, bearding, bigarade, breading, drainage, gardenia. | |
-3 letters: abridge, aggrade, anergia, araneid, badging, baggier, bandage, barding, bargain, barging, beading, bearing, bragged, brained, brigade, brigand, deraign, garaged, garbage, garbing, gearing, gradine, grading, grained, naggier, reading. | |
-4 letters: abider, abrade, ageing, agenda, airbag, baaing, badger, bagged, bagger, baggie, bander, banged, banger, barged. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-d-e-g-g-i-n-r" | |
+1 letter: brigandages. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Fiction 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Translations: Ancient 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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