bandit

Example Sentences

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Some managers of SPVs, knowing they’re among the few ways to buy into coveted pre-IPO companies, charge fees that would make a bandit blush.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

He recently blamed "bandit" smugglers for the balloons, saying they were just seeking a profit and getting creative about overcoming the new security fence.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025

He would have made out like a bandit, given the fall in property prices, which took the best part of a decade to recover.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 7, 2025

Cicero, Mr. Delbourgo writes, denounced Verres as “a bandit, a pirate, and a predator” driven by “amentiam singularem et furorem,” or “singular and furious madness.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

Ten riders, including “Rattlesnake” Pete and a presumably reformed Nebraska bandit named Doc Middleton, set out from the Baline Hotel in Chadron on the morning of June 14, 1893.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson