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bandit

[ ban-dit ]

noun

plural bandits or (Rare) banditti
  1. a robber, especially a member of a gang or marauding band.

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  2. an outlaw or highwayman.

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  3. Informal.
    1. a person who takes unfair advantage of others, as a merchant who overcharges; swindler; cheat.
    2. a vendor, cab driver, etc., who operates a business or works without a required license or permit, and without observing the usual rules or practices.
  4. Military Informal. an enemy aircraft, especially an attacking fighter.


bandit

/ 藞产忙苍诲瑟迟 /

noun

  1. a robber, esp a member of an armed gang; brigand
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞产补苍诲颈迟谤测, noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of bandit1

First recorded in 1585鈥95; earlier bandetto, plural banditti, from Italian banditi 鈥渙utlaws,鈥 plural of bandito 鈥減roscribed,鈥 past participle of bandire 鈥渂anish, exile, announce publicly,鈥 from Gothic bandwjan 鈥渢o make a sign, indicate鈥 ( band 1 ) with verb suffix -ire, from Latin -墨谤别
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of bandit1

C16: from Italian bandito , literally: banished man, from bandire to proscribe, from bando edict, ban 1
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. make out like a bandit, Slang. to be extremely successful; profit greatly:

    The early investors in the company have made out like bandits.

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The show, which had its official opening Sunday at Broadway鈥檚 Longacre Theatre, tells the story of the unsuccessful career of a real-life bandit, who achieved more fame as a corpse than as a man.

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A notorious bandit kingpin and 100 of his suspected followers have been killed in a joint military operation in north-west Nigeria, authorities say.

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Victims were often asked to provide a photo of their driver鈥檚 license to the tow truck bandits.

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Many California baby boomers 鈥 who bought into their neighborhoods long ago 鈥 have made out like bandits through escalating home prices.

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Welcome to West Russia, where the oligarchs run the politicians and all are bandits who steal from the poor to give to the rich.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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