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Banditry And The British In Early Nineteenth-century India
Banditry is a type of organized crime committed by outlaws typically involving the threat or use of violence. A person who engages in banditry is known as a bandit and primarily commits crimes such as extortion, robbery, and murder, either as an individual or in groups. Banditry is a vague concept of criminality and in modern usage can be synonymous for gangsterism, brigandage, wikt:marauder, marauding, and Theft, thievery. Definitions The term ''bandit'' (introduced to English via Italian around 1590) originates with the Germanic law, early Germanic legal practice of outlawing criminals, termed ''*bannan'' (English :wikt:ban, ban). The legal term in the Holy Roman Empire was ''Acht'' or '':wikt:Reichsacht, Reichsacht'', translated as "Imperial ban". In modern Italian, the equivalent word "bandito" literally means banned or a banned person. The Oxford English Dictionary, New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (NED) defined "bandit" in 1885 as "one who is Proscription, pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Briganti 1862 From Bisaccia
__NOTOC__ Briganti is the Proto-Celtic term for Brighid, or Brigid. The name ''*Brigantī'' means "The High One", cognate with the name of the Celtic Britons, ancient British goddess Brigantia (goddess), the Old High German personal name ''Burgunt,'' and the Sanskrit word ''Bṛhatī'' (बृहती) "high", an epithet of the Hindu dawn goddess Ushas. The ultimate source is Proto-Indo-European ''*bʰr̥ǵʰéntih₂'' (feminine form of ''*bʰérǵʰonts'', “high”), derived from the root ''*bʰerǵʰ-'' (“to rise”). * Brìghde/Brìde (Scotland) * Ffraid (Wales) (also Braint, alt. Breint, the name of a river in Anglesey. Because of Welsh language, Welsh Welsh morphology, pronunciation mutations and accompanying devoicing after "t" in ''Sant,'' the original mutated form of her name, ''*Fraid'' ( In the Christian era, nineteen nuns at Kildare tended a perpetual flame for the Saint, which is widely believed to be a continuation of a pre-Christian practice of women tending a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
