Greek term for a brigand, having often the same positive connotations as the Serbian term hajduk. (Fine, John V.A. Jr. The Late Medieval Balkans, 624) Related terms: Hajduk

Klephts (Greek κλέφτης, pl. κλέφτες - kleftis, kleftes, "thieves") were nationalistic bandits and warlike mountain folk who lived in the Greek countryside when Greece was a part of the Ottoman Empire. They were generally men who were fleeing vendettas or taxes, debts and reprisals from Ottoman officials . They raided other travellers and isolated settlements.