bandit

noun

1. 1

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

   Do you recollect a story my nurse told us of a Sicilian bandit, the terror of the country?—how he saved a young child from a cottage on fire, brought it up delicately, and far removed from his own pursuits; while, at his execution, his chief regret was the future provision for that boy?

2. 2

   An outlaw.

3. 3

   One who cheats others.

4. 4

   An aircraft identified as an enemy, but distinct from "hostile" or "threat" in that it is not immediately to be engaged.

5. 5

   slangA runner who covertly joins a race without having registered as a participant.

6. 6

   datedSynonym of arse bandit.

verb

1. 1

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

   First, she read the bandit news in the paper, and was rather disappointed to learn that her man had evidently taken a night off from banditing. An imitator of the bandit had made an unsuccessful attempt to hold up a drug-store, and had backed out and run when the nervy proprietor reached for a gun; but that was all.

   As the sanctuary was bandited at least once, it may be that the silver wine cups I have are from the treasure.

Forms

plural

bandits, banditti

past tense

bandited

past participle

bandited

present participle

banditing

third person singular

bandits