匪: bandit

山道やまみちには旅人たびびとを襲おそう匪賊ひぞくが出でると言いわれ、商人しょうにんたちは護衛ごえいを雇やとった。

Bandits were said to attack travelers on the mountain road, so the merchants hired guards.

村むらは土匪どひの襲撃しゅうげきを恐おそれて、夜よるも見張りを立みはりをたてていた。

Fearing raids by bandits, the village kept watchmen posted even at night.

討伐隊とうばつたいは、山やまにこもった匪団ひだんを三日みっかがかりで追おいつめた。

It took the punitive force three days to corner the band of bandits holed up in the mountains.