klepht

noun

ˈkleft 

often capitalized

: a Greek belonging to any of several independent guerrilla communities formed after the Turkish conquest of Greece

klephtic

ˈklef-tik 

adjective often capitalized

Word History

Etymology

Modern Greek klephtēs, literally, robber, from Greek kleptēs, from kleptein

First Known Use

1820, in the meaning defined above