bandits

plural of bandit

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Recent Examples of bandits Over $200 Off NFL Sunday Ticket NFL fans can make out like bandits with the DraftKings Sportsbook welcome offer. Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025 Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern were cast as the bumbling but dogged bandits, Harry and Marv, and Catherine O’Hara brought humor and compassion to the part of Kevin’s mother. Tim Greiving, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025 Are there ways that notorious bandits have successfully robbed banks? Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025 Swashbucklers, scoundrels, bandits and buccaneers will soon be bellying up to the bar inside a lively new pirate pub at Walt Disney World that’s already booked solid for the first two months and promises to be a must-have reservation for visitors. Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025 Colossal Cave has a long history of use, including by Indigenous people, early explorers and even as a hideout for bandits. 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 film itself lacks much of the original’s charms (here, the dogs don’t speak), and John Hughes’ so-so script borrows heavily from his earlier film Home Alone, right down to the two fumbling bandits (Hugh Laurie and Mark Williams, playing Cruella’s henchmen). Staff Author, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bandits
Noun
  • In the Tatsuya Nagamine movie, Z is the name of an admiral who has sworn to destroy all the pirates of the New World, because of the pirates’ dream to have no leader, motivated only by their alliances that uphold the interests of every person and community.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025
  • For Larissa Knapp, a 27-year FBI veteran who was hired by an entertainment trade group last year to bolster ACE’s work hunting pirates, the timing could hardly have been better.
    Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Authorities revealed footage of a home invasion in Florida that saw armed thieves holding a couple at gunpoint after tracking them down with an Apple AirTag this week.
    Anders Hagstrom, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
  • This way, when any potential thieves show up, the crunch of the leaves under sneaky paws will alert the woodrats.
    Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 15 Oct. 2025

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“Bandits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bandits. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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