Bandits

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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.


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           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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