馬ば賊ぞく

noun

mounted bandit; horse bandit

Historical term referring to mounted bandits, especially in northeast China from the late Qing dynasty through the early 20th century. Often associated with the lawless frontier regions of Manchuria.

• 清しん朝ちょう末まっ期き、馬ば賊ぞくが満まん州しゅうの農のう村そんを襲おそった。

  At the end of the Qing dynasty, mounted bandits raided villages in Manchuria.

• 彼かれの祖そ父ふは馬ば賊ぞくに捕つかまったことがあるそうだ。

  They say his grandfather was once captured by horse bandits.