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• The hanging of the bandits was attended by the whole village.From the entry hanging
• You take your life in your hands when you travel through that bandit country.From the entry take one's life in one's hands
• The bandits knocked over another bank, making three this week.From the entry knock over
• Bandits carried off most of the money.From the entry carry off
• The cavalry will head off the bandits at the pass.From the entry head off
• Bandits, raiders, and pirates have plagued civilized peoples around the globe for millennia.2013 Winter, Robert J. Bunker, "Defeating Violent Nonstate Actors," Strategic Studies Institute—U.S. Army War College (retrieved 24 May…. From the entry nonstate actor
• Bet they're not godsdamned bandits at all, but more like, godsdamned deserters.2010, Chris Bunch, Dragonmaster: The Omnibus Edition. From the entry godsdamned
• The telephone can be as much of a time bandit as the drop-in visitor.1983, Mark Porter, The Time of Your Life, Victor Books, →ISBN, page 101. From the entry time bandit
• They was the ones what told us about the gold,” one of the bandits replied.1983, Lois Gladys Leppard, Mandie and the Secret Tunnel, Bethany House, →ISBN, page 353. From the entry we'ins
• The bandit Chen Yao breached the Dapeng city wall, sacked the city and then departed.1983, Peter Y. L. Ng, New Peace County: A Chinese Gazetteer of the Hong Kong Region, page 109. From the entry plunderless
• At Sutsien six bandits had been executed a few days before.1971, John Pollock, A Foreign Devil in China, World Wide Publications, published 2010, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 46. From the entry Sutsien
• In a few months Foochow was cut off from Futsing by the Japanese and by bandits.1953, John C. Caldwell, China Coast Family, Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 185. From the entry Futsing
• Obviously, few counselors would sit idly by while little Johnny became a bandit.1950, California Journal of Secondary Education, volume 25, page 335. From the entry little Johnny
• Reports believed to be authentic that Laohokow taken by bandits on July 30.1930 August 1, The Minister in China, “Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1930, Volume II”, in (Please provide…. From the entry Laohokow
• Powell returned to Tsaochuang May 27, 6 p.m., with two bandit secretaries, whose safe conduct he guaranteed.1923 May 28, “The Minister in China (Schurman) to the Secretary of State”, in PAPERS RELATING TO THE FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED…. From the entry Tsaochuang
• The prisoner of unknown bandits, hurried he knew not whence, a pretty pass for an adventurer.1900, John Buchan, chapter 29, in The Half-Hearted. From the entry pretty pass
• I'm stuck with a couple of gas-meter bandits.2011, Jake Arnott, He Kills Coppers. From the entry gas meter bandit
• And everyone in Afghanistan would be happy too, she said, once the antiprogressives, the backward bandits, were defeated.2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 111. From the entry antiprogressive
• He worked for a beltway bandit firm, doing engineering work.2001, Richard B. Schwartz, After the Fall, page 45. From the entry Beltway bandit
• The bandits went on to occupy the county capital.2001, Lucien Bianco, “The Responses of Opium Growers to Eradication Campaigns and the Poppy Tax, 1907-1949”, in Peasants Without the…. From the entry Yijun
• The bedgowned bandit—it would be a joke to the staff.1989, Kathleen O’Connor, The Way It Happens in Novels, Available Press, Ballantine Books, →ISBN. From the entry bedgowned
• In a few days the boat reached a place named Mart Hsien-tʻao where many bandits' boats were anchored.1979, Li Yü, Twelve Towers, 2nd edition, Chinese University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 121. From the entry Hsien-t'ao
• Because her father refused to comply, these bandits first cut off his legs and then burned him to death.[1972, Donald E. MacInnis, “Religion and Feudalism”, in Religious Policy and Practice in Communist China: A Documentary History, →ISBN…. From the entry Xiji
• At the head of this army of counter-revolution—the shock troops of Japanese imperialism—stands the notorious tsarist bandit, "Ataman" Semionov.[1935, Leon Dennen, White Guard Terrorists in the U.S.A., New York City: Friends of the Soviet Union, page 18. From the entry white russian
• Siaokan is also in the hands of bandits.”1930 August 1, The Minister in China, “Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1930, Volume II”, in (Please provide…. From the entry Laohokow
• Very mountainous region; poor roads; little intercommunication; bandit infested.1928, Methodist Episcopal Church. Board of Foreign Missions, Annual Report of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Episcopal…. From the entry Tatien
• In December last three American missionaries were among the victims of a bandit raid at Tsaoyang, in the province of Hupeh.1924 May 1, “Misrule in China”, in Nelson Evening Mail. From the entry Tsaoyang
• In Roumeli, in particular, the Ottoman authorities recruited local militias, often made up of Orthodox Christians, to keep the bandits in check.2019, Roderick Beaton, Greece: The Biography of a Modern Nation, Penguin, published 2020, page 33. From the entry Roumeli
• But until now, nobody came to pick me up, and the communist bandits' representatives in Banmendian are forcing me to return to the mainland.2017, Mao Min, “The Korean War”, in The MAO Era before the Cultural Revolution (The Revival of China), number 6, →ISBN, page 84. From the entry Banmendian
• Perfectionism is a time bandit that can rob you of extra time, lead you away from your priorities, and create emotional stress.2005, J. Allen Queen, Patsy S. Queen, The Frazzled Principal's Wellness Plan: Reclaiming Time, Managing Stress, and Creating a Healthy…. From the entry time bandit
• Robbers assemble other robbers for the purpose of robbery; but Christians gather thieves, bandits, and other despicables for the purpose of spiritual transformation.2004, Wayne Campbell Kannaday, Apologetic Discourse and the Scribal Tradition. From the entry despicable
• During the nineteenth century, parts of Shantung and Honan provinces and much of Anhwei were ravaged by the Nien bandits from Huai-pei.2002, Annping Chin, Four Sisters of Hofei, Scribner, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3. From the entry Anhwei
• Engels welcomed the United States' conquest of territory from Mexico and the French colonization of Algeria: the Bedouin were a race of bandits anyhow.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford…. From the entry Algeria
• Little is known about Yang Hu-ch’eng’s family background or early life except that he was born in Pucheng, Shensi, and that he became a bandit.1971, “Yang Hu-ch'eng”, in Biographical Dictionary of Republican China, volume IV, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 6. From the entry Pucheng
• We traveled down the Min River from Nanping in a small sampan, flying the American flag for protection against bandits and soldiers.1953, John C. Caldwell, China Coast Family, Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 96. From the entry sampan
• Ramsay writes from Kienyang that "all the churches in the county have suffered greatly from the depredations of the bandits and Communists.1931, E. F. E. Wigram, “The Fukien Diocese and Mission”, in Weapons that Win: Being the C. M. S. Story of the Year, 1930-31, London…. From the entry Kienyang
• First a column of CCP soldiers led by Chu Teh, then a rebel KMT unit led by P’eng Te-Huai, and finally two bandit gangs merged with Mao’s forces.2016, Elliott Liu, “The Turn to the Countryside”, in Maoism and the Chinese Revolution: A Critical Introduction, PM Press, →ISBN, →LCCN…. From the entry P'eng
• At the lowest end of the scale are petty criminals, shoplifters, sneak thieves, joyriders, muggers (or 'street robbers', as they are now called) and gas-meter bandits.2011, Razor Smith, A Rusty Gun. From the entry gas meter bandit

Meaning of bandit

1. noun One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group.
2. noun An outlaw.
3. noun One who cheats others.

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How do you use bandit in a sentence?

Bandit is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The hanging of the bandits was attended by the whole village.”

What is a short sentence with bandit?

“Bandits carried off most of the money.”

What does bandit mean?

Bandit means one who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group.