Robbers

Usage examples of bandits.

She supposed these were ragtag hill bandits who waylaid traders and pilgrims, attacked caravans, and raided mountain monasteries and abbeys and the prosperous summer villas overlooking the River Agis.

Straddling the fire, kicking goat bones and twisted sticks to make them flare, the bandits leaned Amber forward until red and yellow flames filled her vision.

The bandits broke camp and trekked into the desert just as the sun rose.

The bandits were a mixed lot of oddballs with little in common, Amber learned, and she desperately hoped to exploit that flaw and somehow escape.

A few tall bandits were Tuigan barbarians from the hills, who lusted to loot a desert city buried since ancient times.

A few bandits lagged far behind and never spoke or shifted their veils, so only yellow or mismatched eyes showed.

Thirty-odd bandits, Amber guessed, though their numbers were never clear because the band sprawled in clumps over a mile or more.

Even freed, the half-dead humans could never outrun the indefatigable and long-legged ogres or the other bandits spread across the dunes.

Some of the bandits were already obscured by curtains of sand that lifted and died and redoubled.

Amber waited for an opportunity as the striding ogres left the other bandits floundering behind a curtain of sand.

Always wary, Reiver had insisted the trio circle Cursrah's valley and descend its western slopes, because the White Flame's bandits would surely enter from the east.

Descending a crumbling staircase to the valley floor, skulking through ruined streets and buildings, the fugitives hadn't seen any bandits so far, yet undead beings moved in the once-buried city.

Worried about bandits, Hakiim yet recalled one detail of Amber's story and hooked a thumb over his shoulder.

Surrounded, with no place to hide, Amber whimpered to think what the White Flame and her cruel bandits would do.

Close by Reiver's ear, Amber whispered, "Do the bandits know for sure we're here?