Meaning

1 senses

  1. To rob, or steal from, in the manner of a bandit.

Examples

31 sentences

  1. We made out like bandits.

    Нам страшенно підфартило. — deniko

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  2. Tom made out like a bandit.

    Тому підфартило. — deniko

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  3. The bandits planned their next heist.

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  4. She took aim at the bandit.

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  5. These woods are full of bandits.

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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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Forms

bandits, banditing, bandited, bandited
Base formbandit · to bandit
3rd person singularbandits
Present participlebanditing
Past simplebandited
Past participlebandited

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybandit
he, she, itbandits

Past simpleLesson

all personsbandited

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bandited
he, she, ithas bandited

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bandit

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bandA1bandageB1bandanabandungbandwagonbandwidth

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