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In military law. An independent body of marauders or armedmen, not regularly or organically connected with the armies of either belligerent, whocarry on a species of irregular war, chiefly by depredation and massacre.
In military law. An independent body of marauders or armedmen, not regularly or organically connected with the armies of either belligerent, whocarry on a species of irregular war, chiefly by depredation and massacre.