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English Dictionary: bandit by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bandit
n
  1. an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band [syn: bandit, brigand]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bandit \Ban"dit\, n.; pl. {Bandits}, [or] {Banditti}. [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.
  
               No savage fierce, bandit, or mountaineer. --Milton.
  
      Note: The plural banditti was formerly used as a collective
               noun.
  
                        Deerstealers are ever a desperate banditti. --Sir
                                                                              W. Scott.
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