Synonyms of bandits

bandits

noun

plural of bandit

as in pirates

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.

Related Words

• pirates
• thieves
• robbers
• highwaymen
• marauders
• burglars
• footpads
• looters
• plunderers
• housebreakers
• stealers
• pillagers
• safecrackers
• pinchers
• embezzlers
• ravishers
• grafters
• purloiners
• cracksmen
• cat burglars
• picklocks
• larcenists
• kidnappers
• kleptomaniacs
• despoilers
• pickpockets
• pilferers
• rustlers
• cutpurses
• smugglers
• shoplifters
• abductors
• hijackers
• ransackers
• carjackers
• kleptos
• poachers
• skyjackers
• muggers
• sneak thiefs
• dips

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bandits

When a wealthy, royal woman is attacked by bandits, the two men save her and are welcomed to the castle as valiant knights. — Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026

Elsewhere, a gang of highway bandits cons an unsuspecting family into stopping by the roadside, only to violently kill them, burn their bodies, and strip their car for parts. — Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2026

Goaded on by a governor, who handpicked the university president and staged a coup to overthrow one athletic director in order to hire Kiffin, the bayou bandits are proudly wearing their black hats. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026

Analysts warn each ransom payment fuels more crime as armed groups, from rural bandits to Islamist militants, raid schools, mosques and villages, with an average of 21 kidnappings reported daily. — Dyepkazah Shibayan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

The Brigands of Rattlecreek follows a sheriff and a doctor who seek revenge against a group of bandits who use the cover of a torrential thunderstorm to rob and terrorize the occupants of a small town. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026

One Arab American man later recalled that his great-grandfather, who pursued a similar route, never made it to the Midwest—his train was stopped by a group of bandits from Mexico who forced the passengers to hand over their belongings. — Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026

The train was sitting just outside a depot in Memphis when the bandits made their move. — Kiel Porter, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026

Armed groups, known as bandits in Nigeria, regularly carry out raids and kidnappings for ransom in the northwest and north-central parts of the country. — ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026