"klephtism" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From klepht + -ism. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|klepht|ism}} klepht + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} klephtism (uncountable)
  1. (historical) The theft and banditry characteristic of the anti-Ottoman insurgency when Greece was a part of the Ottoman Empire. Tags: historical, uncountable
    Sense id: en-klephtism-en-noun-QhQVZkt0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism, Pages with 1 entry
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          "text": "Through the traditions and the manners of the inhabitants, who are pre-eminently addicted to piracy and klephtism — through the natural disposition of the terrain, which is filled with narrow valleys and defiles, forming a multitude of natural fortresses — the factious movements and attacks of the insurrectionaries have ever found full scope in the plains of Epirus and Thessaly.",
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          "text": "Patriotic commentators emphasized that this sort of contemporary banditry had nothing to do with historic klephtism, and emphatically nothing to do with the essence of the Greek character—if not actually committed by foreign nationals (Albanians, Vlachs), it was at most the sad legacy of four hundred years of Ottoman misrule.",
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