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/ ˈbæn dɪt / PHONETIC RESPELLING 
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noun,  plural  ban·dits  or (Rare ) ban·dit·ti  [ban-dit -ee].   /bænˈdɪt i/.   a robber, especially a member of a gang or marauding band. 
an outlaw or highwayman. 
Informal .  a person who takes unfair advantage of others, as a merchant who overcharges; swindler; cheat.   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.  Military  Informal . an enemy aircraft, especially an attacking fighter. 
Idioms  for banditmake out like a bandit , Slang . to be extremely successful; profit greatly: The early investors in the company have made out like bandits.  
Origin of bandit  1585–95; earlier bandetto,  plural banditti <Italian banditi  outlaws, plural of bandito  proscribed, past participle of bandire  banish, exile, announce publicly <Gothic bandwjan  to make a sign, indicate (cf. band1 ) with v. suffix -ire <Latin -īre 
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Words nearby bandit  bandh, bandicoot, bandido, Bandinelli, banding, bandit , bandito, banditry, Bandjarmasin, Bandjermasin, Bandkeramik
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Example sentences from the Web for bandit She stormed off next door, where the business owner tried to chase Wislon off before the bandit  squeezed off a round.
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A bandit  tried to rob them, and they shot and killed him and went back to work Monday morning as if nothing had happened.
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Having taken the Bee too early from the bandit  and handling her without suspecting any risk, I received a most downright sting.
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The bandit  leader, leaving the express car, plunged headlong into the fight, battling like a fiend.
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It was a Salvator-Rosa scene, and brought me back in fancy to the bandit  legends I had read in boyhood.
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May you ride to your destruction, for your impudence, you bandit !
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The bandit  of Capital falls, and shall perish in shame and in filth!
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British Dictionary definitions for  bandit noun  plural  -dits  or  -ditti  (-ˈdɪtɪ ) a robber, esp a member of an armed gang; brigand 
Derived forms of bandit banditry , noun Word Origin for bandit C16: from Italian bandito , literally: banished man, from  bandire  to proscribe, from bando  edict, ban  1 
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