bandit
/ˈbændɪt/
bandit noun: one who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group.
Noun
bandit (plural bandits or (archaic) banditti)
- One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group.
- Do you recollect a story my nurse told us of a Sicilian bandit, the terror of the country?—how he saved a young child from a cottage on fire, brought it up delicately, and far removed from his own pursuits; while, at his execution, his chief regret was the future provision for that boy?1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 173
- Synonyms:
- thief
- An outlaw.
- One who cheats others.
- Synonyms:
- cheater
- An aircraft identified as an enemy, but distinct from "hostile" or "threat" in that it is not immediately to be engaged.
- A runner who covertly joins a race without having registered as a participant.
- Synonym of arse bandit.
- Synonyms:
- arse bandit
Verb
bandit (third-person singular simple present bandits, present participle banditing, simple past and past participle bandited)
- To rob, or steal from, in the manner of a bandit.
- First, she read the bandit news in the paper, and was rather disappointed to learn that her man had evidently taken a night off from banditing. An imitator of the bandit had made an unsuccessful attempt to hold up a drug-store, and had backed out and run when the nervy proprietor reached for a gun...1921, Munsey's Magazine, volume 74, page 38
- As the sanctuary was bandited at least once, it may be that the silver wine cups I have are from the treasure.1937, The Atlantic Monthly, volume 160, page 7
bandit meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
bandit in Hindi
- one who robs others
- डाकू ḍākū, राहज़न rāhzan
bandit in Tamil
- கொள்ளையன், கொள்ளைக்காரர், சட்ட மீறுபவர், சமுகத்திலிருந்து தள்ளப்பட்டவர்
bandit in Marathi
- one who robs others
- डाकू ḍākū
bandit in Urdu
- one who robs others
- ڈاکو ḍāko, راہْزَن rāhzan
More languagesFewer languages
- bandit in Bengali
- ডাকাত, দস্যু
- bandit in Malayalam
- കൊളളക്കാരൻ, കാട്ടുകള്ളൻ, മോഷ്ടാവ്
- bandit in Kannada
- ಕೊಳ್ಳೆಗಾರ, ದೋಚುಗ
- bandit in Pashto
- راهزن rāhzan, غدو ǧado, ډاکو ḍāku
- bandit in Arabic
- قَاطِع طَرِيق qāṭiʕ ṭarīq
- bandit in Malay
- penyamun, berandal, perompak
- bandit in Indonesian
- begal, perampok, bandit, penjahat
- bandit in Thai
- โจร joon
- bandit in Vietnamese
- kẻ cướp, cường đạo
- bandit in Myanmar
- ဓားပြ dha:pra.
Examples of bandit in a sentence
- The hanging of the bandits was attended by the whole village.
- You take your life in your hands when you travel through that bandit country.
- The bandits knocked over another bank, making three this week.
Synonyms of bandit
Forms of bandit
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | bandits |
| plural (archaic) | banditti |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | bandits |
| present participle | banditing |
| past participle | bandited |
| past | bandited |
Origin of bandit
Borrowed from Italian bandito (“outlawed”), a derivative of Italian bandire (“to ban”), from Late Latin bandīre, an alteration (due to Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bandwjan, “to signal”)) of Late Latin bannīre (“to ban”), from Frankish *bannan (“to ban”). Doublet of bandito.
Words formed from bandit
- arse bandit
- ass bandit
- back-door bandit
- bail bandit
- banditism
- banditry
- Beltway bandit
- blue light bandit
- booty bandit
- botty bandit
- communist bandit
- dumpster bandit
- garbage bandit
- gas meter bandit
- make out like a bandit
- multi-armed bandit
- one-arm bandit
- one-armed bandit
- pussy bandit
- shag-bandit
- shag bandit
- squeegee bandit
- time bandit
- trash bandit
Phrases with bandit
Questions about bandit
- What does bandit mean?
- Bandit means one who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group.
- What is bandit in Hindi?
- Bandit in Hindi is डाकू (ḍākū), राहज़न (rāhzan). See Bandit meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is bandit?
- Bandit can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce bandit?
- Bandit is pronounced /ˈbændɪt/.
- What is the plural of bandit?
- The plural of bandit is bandits.
Words near bandit in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bandit (page history and authors); bandit (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bandit (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bandit (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bandit (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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