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bandit (iou)



bandit noun. . L16.
[Italian bandito, pl. -ti, use as noun of pa. pple of bandire ban = medieval Latin bannire proclaim, proscribe, banish.]
An outlaw; a lawless robber or marauder; a gangster. L16.
one-arm bandit, one-armed bandit slang a fruit machine or the like operated by pulling down an armlike handle.
J. R. Green The routed soldiery turned into free companies of bandits. W. H. Auden The bandit who is good to his mother. P. Theroux Bandits stop this train and rob the passengers.
b. In pl. banditti as collect. sing. A company of bandits. arch. E18.
Sir W. Scott Deer-stealers..are ever a desperate banditti.
transf. An enemy aircraft in action. M20.
banditism noun the practices of bandits L19.
banditry noun = banditism E20.