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
Fifty escaped; more than 250 vanished into bandit networks.
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Nuri Kino, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Fortunately, the bandit survived his wild weekend, and has since been safely released back into the wild.
—Amy McCarthy, PEOPLE, 3 Dec. 2025
But as Sam lugs packages around beautiful yet treacherous terrain populated by [checks notes] robo-samurais and bandits rocking fresh techwear, a skepticism of his mission sets in.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2025
With store bandits in some cases striking establishments just minutes apart, investigators say stores in Avondale, Edison Park, South Loop and Lake View were all hit.
—Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 1 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bandit
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These oil fields basically are pirate operations.—
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Notorious pirate Jean Lafitte frequented neighboring Grand Terre Island in the early 1800s.—
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The inside of the bag was filled with trash, signaling that a thief must have left this behind and taken my bag on purpose at another stop.—
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On Sunday, San Jose police were on the scene at Macy’s within minutes, but the thieves had already fled.—
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“Bandit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bandit. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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