流りゅう賊ぞく

noun

roving robber; marauder

Refers to a bandit or robber who moves from place to place, often in a historical or literary context. Not an everyday modern term.

• その地ち方ほうは流りゅう賊ぞくに荒あらされた。

  The region was ravaged by roving bandits.

• 歴れき史し小しょう説せつには流りゅう賊ぞくがよく登とう場じょうする。

  Roving robbers often appear in historical novels.