'Bandit' definitions:
Definition of 'bandit'
From: WordNet
noun
An armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band [syn: bandit, brigand]
Definition of 'Bandit'
From: GCIDE
- Bandit \Ban"dit\ (b[a^]n"d[i^]t), n.; pl. Bandits (b[a^]n"d[i^]ts), or Banditti (b[a^]n*d[i^]t"t[i^]). [It. bandito outlaw, p. p. of bandire to proclaim, to banish, to proscribe, LL. bandire, bannire. See Ban an edict, and cf. Banish.] An outlaw; a brigand. [1913 Webster]
- No savage fierce, bandit, or mountaineer. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The plural banditti was formerly used as a collective noun. [1913 Webster]
- Deerstealers are ever a desperate banditti. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'bandit'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- air armada,
- air force,
- badman,
- bogey,
- bravo,
- brigand,
- bummer,
- combat plane,
- cutthroat,
- dacoit,
- desperado,
- enemy aircraft,
- footpad,
- forager,
- freebooter,
- gangster,
- highwayman,
- holdup man,
- hoodlum,
- looter,
- mobsman,
- mobster,
- pillager,
- plunderer,
- racketeer,
- raider,
- ravager,
- sacker,
- slaunchways,
- thug,
- villain