People in the villages are sort of being driven into banditry.

村民们有点被迫走上盗匪之路。

We don't know if it was deliberate strategy by the French or whether it was just a spur of the moment opportunist bit of banditry.

我们不清楚这是否是法国人精心策略，还是仅仅是一时兴起投机性劫掠行为。

The town has a long history of  piracy, banditry and gangsters, now happily largely given to more peaceful occupations.

该镇有着悠久海盗、盗匪和黑帮历史，如今已大多转向更为平和生计，令人慰。

The banditry in Jiangxi was very serious and could even confront the official army.

江西土匪行为非常严重，甚至可以与官军对峙。

These events all took place during an era of global cooling, which saw crop failures, widespread famine, increased banditry, and significant social upheaval as hordes of refugees moved from one place to another struggling to find a way to survive.

这些事件都发生在全球变冷时代，农作物歉收、大范围饥荒、土匪活动增加，以结队难民从一个地方迁移到另一个地方，努力寻找生存之道，从而导致严重社会动荡。

In the case of some warlike ethnic groups, like the Xhosa, their supposed inborn predilection for banditry complicates relations with settler society.

就一些好民族而言，比如科萨人，他们天生土匪嗜好使他们与定居者社会关系复杂化。

Upon taking up his duties he at once summoned two inspectors and officers whose special work was suppression of banditry.

上任后，他立即召集了两名巡查员和官员，他们专门工作是镇压盗匪。