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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bandit \Ban"dit\ (b[a^]n"d[i^]t), n.; pl. {Bandits}
     (b[a^]n"d[i^]ts), or {Banditti} (b[a^]n*d[i^]t"t[i^]). [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.


     [1913 Webster]
  
           No savage fierce, bandit, or mountaineer. --Milton.
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     Note: The plural banditti was formerly used as a collective
           noun.
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                 Deerstealers are ever a desperate banditti. --Sir
                                                    W. Scott.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bandit
       n : an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band [syn: {brigand}]
       [also: {banditti} (pl)]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "bandit":
     air armada, air force, badman, bogey, bravo, brigand, bummer,
     combat plane, cutthroat, dacoit, desperado, enemy aircraft,
     footpad, forager, freebooter, gangster, highwayman, holdup man,
     hoodlum, looter, mobsman, mobster, pillager, plunderer, racketeer,
     raider, ravager, sacker, slaunchways, thug, villain
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  BANDIT. A man outlawed; one who is said to be under ban.
  
  

















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