Sentence:  But in the meantime Robin Hood and his <WSD>band</WSD> lived quietly in Sherwood Forest, without showing their faces abroad, for Robin knew that it would not be wise for him to be seen in the neighborhood of Nottingham, those in authority being very wroth with him. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A group of people loosely united for a common purpose (a band of thieves).