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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 The tree is said to have sheltered Robin Hood, the legendary 13th-century bandit who stole from the rich and gave to the poor and took refuge in the forest when being pursued by the sheriff of Nottingham. — Brian Melley, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2026 In the movie, Furiosa is taken from her idyllic home by bandits and grows up shuttled between psychopath Dementus (Chris Hemsworth) and warlord Immortan Joe (Lachy Hulme). — Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 17 June 2026 The Death of Robin Hood is based on the English ballad Robin Hood’s Death, a poetic Middle English telling of the bandit’s final days. — David Sims, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026 There are dogs, bandits, romances, political revolutions, philosophical debates. — Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 16 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for bandit

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After all, what are the pirate-ship kitchens Bourdain recounts early in Kitchen Confidential if not a more dangerous, adult version of the juvenile hijinks that have always fascinated Johnson?

— Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 29 July 2026
One, a delight for the kitchen — the pressure, the camaraderie, the artist's heart, the pirate's adoration of heat and knives — and, another, hard drugs.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026

Definition of pirate

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That filtering suggests the thieves want compact files that may contain credentials or financial records.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
More than 400,000 KitKat bars, some 12 tons of chocolate, had vanished while being transported from a Nestlé factory in central Italy to its destination in Poland, after thieves made off with the truck.

— Sam Birchall, Fortune, 20 July 2026