Bandit Definition

băndĭt
bandits, banditti
noun
bandits
A robber, especially one who robs at gunpoint.
American Heritage
A robber, esp. one who robs travelers on the road; brigand; highwayman.
Webster's New World
An outlaw; a gangster.
American Heritage
Anyone who steals, cheats, exploits, etc.
Webster's New World
One who cheats or exploits others.
American Heritage
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idiom
make out like a bandit
  • To be highly successful in a given enterprise.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Bandit

Noun

Singular:
bandit
Plural:
bandits

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Origin of Bandit

  • Italian bandito from past participle of bandire to proclaim, proscribe, banish probably of Germanic origin bhā-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from Italian bandito, from Late Latin bannire (“to proclaim”).

    From Wiktionary

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Bandit Sentence Examples

  • Try Bandit in other varietals, as well, such as Pinot Grigio.

  • Oh, and make you want to watch Smokey and the Bandit.

  • Like the Pathan he is a bandit by tradition and descent and makes a first-rate fighting man, but he rarely enlists in the Indian army.

  • Bandit Queen aims to kidnap the chef and take him back to her mountain hideaway.

  • Stallybrass) - and for the bandit (see "Roberdes Knaues" in the Prologue of Piers the Plowman, 1.44, and the note in Warton's Hist.

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Words Starting With

BBABAN

Words Ending With

TITDIT

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Words Starting With B and Ending With T

Starts With B & Ends With TStarts With BA & Ends With TStarts With B & Ends With IT

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With B6 Letter Words Ending With T
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