English pronunciation · Words Starting with B
Banditry Pronunciation
Banditry is pronounced BAN-duh-tree, IPA /ˈbændətri/.
BAN-duh-tree
US /ˈbændətri/ · UK /ˈbændɪtri/
Syllables: BAN · duh · tree (3 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: Robbery carried out by armed gangs, especially in the countryside.
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Banditry in a Sentence
- Banditry made the mountain roads impassable for years.
- The province was known for banditry well into the 1930s.
- He dismissed the raids as simple banditry.
Common Mispronunciations of Banditry
Not ban-DI-tree
Nouns formed with -ry keep the beat where the base word had it, so it stays on BAN. Shifting it inward makes the word sound Italian.
Not BAN-dit-ree
The middle vowel collapses to uh, giving BAN-duh-tree. A clear dit makes three separate thumps out of one flowing word.
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