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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 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 The area was wild and uninhabited, but the bandits moved through it with practiced ease. — Alexis Okeowo, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026 Hagans said Haitians returning to their home country from America are viewed as wealthy and vulnerable, and are often targeted by thieves and bandits. — Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2026 The plot is set in motion when dacoits (armed bandits) rob and murder Ram Lal, the village moneylender and head of Mano Majra’s only Hindu household. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026 Instead, most are romantic stories about young lovers separated by fate, and the rest are swashbuckling adventures full of bandits and pirates. — Literary Hub, 30 June 2026 Fantastical adventures ensue as the pair encounter a mysterious woman, Alexandra, who has lost her son, along with coyotes, bandits, and some pretty big secrets. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 29 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 There are dogs, bandits, romances, political revolutions, philosophical debates. — Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 16 June 2026

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White was briefly granted an exception, but pirates attacked that attempt, stealing his supplies and forcing him back to England.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
In the national consciousness, Blackpool has become a morbid caricature of working-class Britain—a place where binge drinking, violence, and vomit are in view of teacup rides, kids on the beach, and plastic pirates.

— George Francis Lee, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026

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The thieves bypassed alarm and security systems at the MuMe museum.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
The thieves also purloined a small double-sided painting, with the Virgin and Child on one side and Christ on the other, that the Sicilian regional government had bought from the auction house Christie's back in 2003.

— Willem Marx, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026

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