brigandage
French, noun/bʁi.ɡɑ̃.daʒ/
brigandage is spelled B-R-I-G-A-N-D-A-G-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 62,144th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brigandage is a French masculine noun meaning “robbery or other violent crime carried out by a group” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pillage, crime commis avec violence et à main armée, et le plus souvent par des malfaiteurs réunis en troupe”.
What does brigandage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerobbery or other violent crime carried out by a group
- 2
masculinebribery, extortion
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pillage, crime commis avec violence et à main armée, et le plus souvent par des malfaiteurs réunis en troupe. 2. Concussion, exaction, déprédation.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of brigandage
- brigandages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brigandage?
- /bʁi.ɡɑ̃.daʒ/
- \bʁi.ɡɑ̃.daʒ\
- [bʁiɡɑ̃daʒ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to brigandage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brigandage in French?
brigandage appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).