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bandit

bandit · bandits

бандит, розбійник, розбійниця, бандитка

бандит, разбойник, бандитка, разбойница

Bandit, Banditin

One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a groupOne who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group.

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/ˈbændɪt/

» We made out like bandits.

Нам страшенно підфартило.

Нам дуже пощастило.

Meaning

6 senses

One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group.
Bandit, Banditin
банди́тbandít, банди́ткаbandítka, разбо́йникrazbójnik
банди́тbandýt, банди́ткаbandýtka, розбі́йникrozbíjnyk
An outlaw.
One who cheats others.
An aircraft identified as an enemy, but distinct from "hostile" or "threat" in that it is not immediately to be engaged.
(slang)A runner who covertly joins a race without having registered as a participant.
(UK, dated, derogatory, slang)Synonym of arse bandit.

More definitions

an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band

Examples

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We made out like bandits.
Нам страшенно підфартило.
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Tom made out like a bandit.
Тому підфартило.
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The bandits planned their next heist.
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She took aim at the bandit.
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These woods are full of bandits.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

one who robs others:

Русский

By meaning 1

one who robs others:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

one who robs others:

Origin

Borrowed from Italian bandito (“outlawed”), a derivative of Italian bandire (“to ban”), fr

Borrowed from Italian bandito (“outlawed”), a derivative of Italian bandire (“to ban”), from Late Latin bandīre, an alteration (due to Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bandwjan, “to signal”)) of Late Latin bannīre (“to ban”), from Frankish *bannan (“to ban”). Doublet of bandito.

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