(n.) A lawless fellow who lives by plunder; one of a band of robbers; especially, one of a gang living in mountain retreats; a highwayman; a freebooter.
Example Sentences:
(1) Except that, in Loznitsa's version, the wizard is a disgraced former soldier, the siren a child prostitute and the trolls a trio of gnarled brigands who cook potatoes at a forest campfire and cudgel anyone who draws too close.
(2) Also refugees from the Central African Republic (CAR) war and armed brigands from the CAR's Seleka and opposition groups are establishing bases in the region."
(3) The United Nations assembled a new peacekeeping force, and the RUF fighters, along with the other disparate groups of militia brigands, were supposed to integrate with the national army.
(4) Ovsanna remembers being worried about the young girls who were kidnapped by the brigands who served as auxiliaries of the Ottoman army.
(5) Their treatment has made considerable progress since the report of J. Dor and H. Le Brigand in 1960.
Picaroon
Definition:
(n.) One who plunders; especially, a plunderer of wrecks; a pirate; a corsair; a marauder; a sharper.