bandit
a robber, especially a member of a gang or marauding band.
an outlaw or highwayman.
Informal.
a vendor, cab driver, etc., who operates a business or works without a required license or permit, and without observing the usual rules or practices.
Military Informal. an enemy aircraft, especially an attacking fighter.
Idioms about bandit
make out like a bandit, Slang. to be extremely successful; profit greatly: The early investors in the company have made out like bandits.
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These campaigns can also result in consultants and vendors “making out like bandits,” Krumholz told me.
Why Candidates With Little Hope Of Winning Are Raising More Money Than Ever | Geoffrey Skelley (geoffrey.skelley@abc.com) | August 26, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightIn 2016, a year when bandits made off with more than 1,500 hives, a fellow apiculturist called the cops after spotting Olivarez’s branding on boxes that had appeared suddenly four counties south of his usual stomping grounds.
Bee theft is almost a perfect crime—but there’s a new sheriff in town | Andrew Zaleski | February 9, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIf there’s a theme to Navalny’s oeuvre, it is that Russia’s modern kleptocracy is the offspring of an unholy matrimony between former mid-level KGB officers and a post-Soviet nomenklatura of bandits in business suits.
Alexey Navalny Is Succeeding Where Putin's Other Opponents Have Failed. Why? | Michael Weiss | January 27, 2021 | TimeWomen Are at the Forefront of Nigeria’s Police Brutality ProtestsMidenda says that SARS did have some early successes in capturing armed bandits.
The Nigerian Government Has Pledged to #EndSARS and Reform the Police. This Isn't the First Time They've Made That Promise | Andrew R. Chow | October 28, 2020 | TimeSome of those improvements were driven by Bloomberg Media’s use of ABBA, as well as a multi-armed bandit method, which optimizes between multiple choices in real time, to optimize campaigns in shorter timeframes.
Bloomberg Media tunes up ABBA to break down barriers between its ads and subscriber businesses | Max Willens | October 27, 2020 | Digiday
She stormed off next door, where the business owner tried to chase Wislon off before the bandit squeezed off a round.
One bandit came in the night to rob the couple, and shot at his wife when she exited the house.
I had my first taste of Tetra Pak wine from a neon green package labeled “bandit” a couple of years ago.
Taking Boxed Wine Seriously: It’s Not Just for Hobos and Teenagers Anymore | Jordan Salcito | March 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter all, who has made out like a bandit since the 2008 economic collapse?
A bandit tried to rob them, and they shot and killed him and went back to work Monday morning as if nothing had happened.
Secret Service Colombia Sex Scandal Deepens as Political Drama Rises | Tara McKelvey | April 19, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHe lived for some time as a bandit, robbing the subjects of the King of Gath, who had given him shelter.
God and my Neighbour | Robert BlatchfordFive years of warfare and its sequence—the bandit community—had devastated the provinces.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanThey had no doubts that if the bandit was still in the cave, the three men would find him and bring him back to face justice.
The Adventure Girls at K Bar O | Clair BlankShe had come to the part in their escape when she stopped and fired at the bandit when Janet voiced her opinion.
The Adventure Girls at K Bar O | Clair BlankClovis made himself master of the city through the treason of Saint Remy, who baptized that crowned bandit at Rheims.
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman | Eugne Sue
British Dictionary definitions for bandit
/ (ˈbændɪt) /
a robber, esp a member of an armed gang; brigand
Origin of bandit
1Derived forms of bandit
- banditry, noun
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