as in pirate
a criminal who attacks and steals from travelers and who is often a member of a group of criminals
They were two of the most famous bandits of the 19th century.
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Recent Examples of bandit
Colossal Cave has a long history of use, including by Indigenous people, early explorers and even as a hideout for bandits.
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Olivia Rose, AZCentral.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Each episode will see the heroes explore new lands — from glittering mining mountains to secret vault cities — solving puzzles, cracking codes and outsmarting digital bandits along the way.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2025
An anonymous tipster called police to say the bandits were trying to sell their loot less than a mile away, and gave the cops Hussein’s Instagram handle, according to court filings.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2025
The pair manage to do some serious damage, and after a chaotic melee, one of the bandits is revealed to be Zoe.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2025
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Olivia Rose, AZCentral.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Each episode will see the heroes explore new lands — from glittering mining mountains to secret vault cities — solving puzzles, cracking codes and outsmarting digital bandits along the way.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2025
An anonymous tipster called police to say the bandits were trying to sell their loot less than a mile away, and gave the cops Hussein’s Instagram handle, according to court filings.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2025
The pair manage to do some serious damage, and after a chaotic melee, one of the bandits is revealed to be Zoe.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bandit
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bandit
Noun
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But Chappell was the queen of the castle from the start, stomping onstage to an orchestral metal fanfare, wearing a crimson pirate ensemble and her bat-wing fascinator.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
21 Sep. 2025
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On the other hand, there was also the concept of reading and how to integrate that in the story, how the pirates learn to read, and how words go together.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
20 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Advertisement Far from a faithful rendering of Pynchon’s text, One Battle After Another identifies the most cinematic and emotional veins of Vineland’s network of narrative and, true to Anderson’s word, runs like a thief.—
Rory Doherty,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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Ciri was portaled to the far-off Korath Desert and now lives a life among the Rats, a group of young thieves running amuck in a province of the Nilfgaardian Empire.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Bandit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bandit. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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