bandit
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4.6
- noun
- /ˈbændɪt/
:
bandido
- A wild fever ran across France as the prices of grain and livestock plummeted while bandits stole what they could.
- an armed bandit
- a bandit attack
- bandits who stole
They there often were Native Americans, bandits, lawmen, bounty hunters, settlers, prostitutes.
- They there often were Native Americans, bandits, lawmen, bounty hunters, settlers, prostitutes.
- The journey It is eventful from the start with the team having a run in with bandits.
- South or Moor was known as bandit country and that was the worst area of the Northern Ireland.
- Servants abandoned by the Empire led to their fates at the hand of shikes, bloodlust and bandits.
- She goes, why I go, Nah, I don't want I'm I might get jumped like I'm just a target for bandits.
- A band of thieves, assassins, bandits, and a few plum trees.
- The funny thing is when we sometimes when we snatch the bandits, terrorists, we have to get them with us.
Examples
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The lawyer asked the question, and the bandit responded in Spanish, "All right, all right."
Academic text (1992) -
In this case, the bandits attack the audience.
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Am I not a good enough bandit?
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We will not allow a bandit to panic the greatest city in Northern England!
Fiction book (1995) -
Will you protect us from the bandits?
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Only a month ago, we were certain of death at the hands of bandits.
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The sheriff, while holding the bandit at gunpoint, said, "Tell me where you hid the money."
Academic text (1992) -
She came with the bandits to raid our village.
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Various groups of bandits raided the districts of Tyre and Marjahun.
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The villagers feared for their safety as a group of bandits approached their homes.
Synonyms
186
1.0
A person who steals from others by using or threatening to hurt them
47
3.7
A person who attacks someone on the street to steal from them
44
2.8
A person who steals money from a bank, often using violence or threats
29
5.1
A person who enters a place to steal things by force
16
8.8
A person who attacks places to steal things
13
7.1
A person who forces a driver to give up their car
7
9.8
A person with a weapon who steals from travelers in remote areas
2
8.8
A person who steals from people and breaks the law
1
7.2
A person who steals things by force from places like shops or homes during war
1
9.5
A person who attacks a town or city and steals things
1
9.1
A man who threatens people with a weapon to take their money
1
7.9
A man who threatens people with a weapon to steal money
1
8.1
A person who steals things from places like shops, often during war
1
9.9
A person who raids and steals from farms and homes in old times
A member of an armed gang that robs people in India or South Asia
A person who steals things from towns during war
Idioms
Compounds
- Offensive
1
9.7
An insulting name for a rebel in a communist group who people say steals or uses violence
- Offensive
1
8.3
A person or thing that wastes your time, often by interrupting your work
- Offensive
A person who cleans car windows for money at traffic lights, sometimes without asking
How Dangerous
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bandit comes from the Italian word bandito, which once meant 'sent away' or 'put outside the law'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of the English words ban ('forbid') and band ('group'): a bandit is someone outside the law who often joins a band of robbers, which explains the modern meaning 'armed robber'.