Ban·dit n.; pl. Bandits or Banditti 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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bandit
n : an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band [syn: brigand]
[also: banditti (pl)]