bandits

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The Rams made out like bandits when the Falcons struggled and the pick they got back turned out to land at No. 13.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Traditional western dramas were more likely to depict vaqueros as bandits than hard-working ranch hands whose contributions were fundamental to the American West.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

For years the bandits have mainly targeted those in the north-west of Nigeria - but they have been moving to other parts of the country, like Kwara and Niger states, more recently.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

Some historians have argued that Murrieta was simply a mashup of Mexican bandits named Joaquin then operating in the gold region.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

When they were far away from the bandits, they traded a few careful whispers.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin