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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.

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Recent Examples of bandits Set against mountainous landscapes and rural lakes, the story follows a wandering swordsman who is falsely accused of stealing a shipment of gold and must unravel a web of intrigue involving bandits, palace guards and corrupt officials while attempting to clear his name. —

Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026 Alongside attacks by bandits, Nigeria is also plagued by an insurgency fought by the Boko Haram extremist group and its splinter faction, the Islamic State West Africa Province. —

ABC News, 17 Mar. 2026 Our people will never obey orders from a handful of stateless bandits. —

Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2026 The San Francisco 49ers may just be the bandits of 2026 free agency. —

Noah Furtado, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Mar. 2026 The latter seemed to be a proud vindication of corridos, a style that’s been increasingly under scrutiny in música mexicana because of its tradition of name-checking outlaws, bandits, and cartel leaders. —

Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2026 Police arrested one of four snowball bandits caught on camera clobbering the cops with snow. —

Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 28 Feb. 2026 Traditional western dramas were more likely to depict vaqueros as bandits than hard-working ranch hands whose contributions were fundamental to the American West. —

Foreign Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026 The bandits are those who help themselves and cause others a loss. —

Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 11 Feb. 2026

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Rather than prohibiting unlicensed copies, the patent became, combined with the rise of the internet, a blueprint for pirates.

— Simon Akam, Vanity Fair, 2 Apr. 2026
The Vikings were raiders, pirates, traders, explorers, and colonizers who traveled far beyond their homeland in Scandinavia between the 9th and 11 centuries.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026