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bandit

[ban-dit] / ˈbæn dɪt /


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In the title piece, a reformed bandit is regaled—and possibly lured back to a life of adventuring—by the confessions of a confidence woman.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

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

"We are all tired of violence," Nasiru Bosho, one of the bandit leaders who took part in the Kurfi peace negotiations, told the BBC.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 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

He touched the groove that Sciron the bandit had cut in his hair.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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