banditnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbæn.dɪt/us/ˈbæn.dɪt/a thief with a weapon, especially one belonging to a group that attacks people travelling through the countryside
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Murderers & attackers
- -basher
- abductor
- assailant
- assassin
- attacker
- butcher
- cyberbully
- death squad
- gunman
- highwayman
- hitman
- killer
- mugger
- murderer
- parricide
- poisoner
- regicide
- shooter
- slayer
- strangler
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Examples from literature
- A train traveling through the West was held up by masked bandits.
- At the wedding-feast she learns that he is a mere bandit, leader of a band of robbers that infests the country.
- He called to the rest of the bandits and gave crisp instructions.
- Holes were cut in the masks through which the bandits could see.
- The hero is a bandit and an outlaw, and he is doomed to failure because of the superior power of organised society arrayed against him.