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bandit

noun

Definition of bandit

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 In The Death of Robin Hood, Hugh Jackman plays the bandit of Nottingham, aged and retired to a hermit's life in the wilderness. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026 The father pulls over, and the car is immediately swarmed over by bandits, who brutally kill him — plus his wife and two kids — with no mercy. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2026 In the decade of violent conflicts that followed, attacks on border towns and seizures of American property by revolutionaries and bandits prompted the United States to send two military expeditions into Mexico. — Robert B. Zoellick, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2026 Joining Prue is her classmate Curtis Mehlberg (Jacob Tremblay), and the two enter a world of talking animals, bandits and powerful figures driven by grief and ambition. — Mya Copeland, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bandit

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Noun

In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, the actor explained what would be his motivating factor to don the pirate hat again.

— Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2026
By August, pirates had hijacked six commercial vessels since April, some far from Somalia’s coast.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of pirate

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The first film, a box office hit, follows an explosive face-off between Los Angeles Police Department detective Lieutenant Vincent Hanna (Pacino) and professional thief Neil McCauley (De Niro).

— Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 1 Nov. 2026
Just after the illustration of the Devil is a collection of three spells to cure disease and fever and two magic formulas for catching thieves.

— Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026