Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A robber, especially one who robs at gunpoint.
- n. An outlaw; a gangster.
- n. One who cheats or exploits others.
- n. Slang A hostile aircraft, especially a fighter aircraft.
- idiom. make out like a bandit Slang To be highly successful in a given enterprise.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An outlaw; one who is proscribed. Hence A lawless or desperate fellow; a brigand; a robber; especially, one of an organized band of lawless marauders.
- n. Synonyms Brigand, etc. See robber.
- To outlaw; proscribe; banish.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. An outlaw; a brigand.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band
Etymologies
- From Italian bandito ("outlawed"), from Late Latin bannire ("to proclaim"). (Wiktionary)
- Italian bandito, from bandire, to band together, probably of Germanic origin; see bhā-2 in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“But people assume the bandits are illegal as well because of what they are called 'bandits'; but the term bandit was introduced to English via Italian around 1590 in Europe...so the word existed WAY before there was even a Mexico, or United States of America.”
“Like many, she blames Mr. Yeltsin for wasting a historic opportunity, ushering in what she calls a bandit regime controlled by powerful oligarchs, and generating profound distrust of politicians.”
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“She nonchalantly wrote, “Deep under them both is solid blue clay, embalming the fossil horse and fossil ox and the great mastodon, the same preserving blue clay that was dug up to wrap the head of the Big Harp in bandit days, no less a monstrous thing when carried in for reward.””
“My alma matta, SUNY Buffalo, has made out like a bandit from the change.”
State Universities vs. Vouchers, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“Among the famous inmates were Benito Juárez (before he was exiled to Louisiana), Fray Servando Teresa de Mier, a 19th-century writer who fell out of favor with Emperor Agustín Iturbide, and "Chucho el Roto," a Robin Hood-style bandit from the 1700s who stole from the rich to give to the poor.”
“Seattle frequently played a defense it refers to as the bandit, which features seven defensive backs, linebacker Lofa Tatupu and just three down linemen.”
“He’d been told to man a machine-gun and to protect one side of a defensive position deep in bandit country.”
“The bandit is a man dressed up as a woman and he has robbed an adult entertainment store.”
“The IRA is no monolith, but its wild heart is unquestionably in Northern Ireland's so-called bandit country.”
“When they call you the duct tape bandit, that is not you?”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bandit’.
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Bad Options
words for those who commit particular crimes: i.e., bank robber, arsonist, etc.
liar, cheat, traitor, arsonist, felon, braggard, thief, profiteer, impostor, phony, fraud, culprit and 212 more...
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Dramatic Nouns
Nouns to be used as descriptions while writing stories
night owl, early bird, hedonist, ascetic, derelict, explorer, radical, pity friend, cupid, truant, caretaker, guardian and 120 more...
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gangster
random gangster lingo and street slang with extra absurdities.
( open list, randomness )
related:
http://www....swagga, chinga, slams, blitzy, earf, manor, code name, rekkid, weight, feather, kong, swisher and 323 more...
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Perponyms
List of words referent to persons who commit specific crimes, or are suspected of committing those crimes, beginning with arsonist and safecracker.
Check out reesetee's nice Bad Guys l...arsonist, safecracker, murderer, rapist, getaway man, jewel thief, accomplice, drug dealer, carjacker, gunrunner, industrial spy, human trafficker and 216 more...
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Unsavory characters
absconder, aretaloger, arriviste, avaunter, bamboozler, bandit, banger, barbarian, barmecide, barrator, beldam, blatherskite and 190 more...
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Shakespurian drivel
swagger, zany, undress, puke, eyeball, inaudible, pander, besmirch, bandit, equivocal, marketable, mimic
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Bands
band, bands, The Band, Band, rubber band, gum band, Geneva bands, preaching bands, barrister's bands, Band-Aid, wedding band, Citizens' Band and 55 more...
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bad guys
black hat, thug, thugz, highwayman, brigand, pirate, corsair, raider, viking, visigoth, vandal, gangster and 46 more...
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~~Olde-Fashioned Insults~~
ragamuffin, muttonchops, tatterdemalion, nincompoop, whippersnapper, bootlicker, backscratcher, loggerhead, weisenheimer, hornswoggler, thimblerigger, quacksalver and 111 more...
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A Swell Mob
Kinds of thieves.
thief, sneak thief, burglar, cat burglar, picklock, puggard, robber, grave robber, piller, porch climber, prowler, larcenist and 133 more...
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aliko's Words
deli, turkey, bodrum, deniz, sunny, seks, tatil, hava, zeeman, captain, kapitein, kaptan and 256 more...
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dark and bright words of shine and fi...
scotophil, scotoma, scotia, shed, shadow, shade, scone, whiting, edelweiss, light, lightning, lucina and 349 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, B
bloviate, bejesus, brouhaha, behoove, bodacious, bamboozle, banshee, bub, bolus, blob, bubbly, bleb and 414 more...
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haddock
bougre, sapajous, canailles, renégat, invertébré, iconoclaste, anthracite, mataf, cromagnons, djibouks, bourriques, illusionnistes and 128 more...
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Sat Vocabulary List
abandon, abash, abate, abjure, ablution, abnegate, abominable, aboriginal, abortive, abrade, abridge, abrogate and 2155 more...
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (B)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
balcony, bailey, baguette, bairn, balalaika, baldric, balefire, baby's breath, ballet, balm of gilead, balsam, baluster and 188 more...
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