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banditing

banditing is the present participle and gerund of bandit.

Meaning of bandit

Verb

bandit (third-person singular simple present bandits, present participle banditing, simple past and past participle bandited)

  1. (ambitransitive) 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

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Questions about banditing

What is banditing the present participle and gerund of?
Banditing is the present participle and gerund of bandit.

Words near banditing in the dictionary

  1. bandished
  2. bandishes
  3. bandishing
  4. bandit
  5. bandited
  6. banditing
  7. banditism
  8. bandito
  9. banditos
  10. banditries
  11. banditry

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