bandido
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of bandido
< Spanish < Italian bandito. See bandit
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Rod Steiger swaggers through various robberies as a goodhearted, simple-minded bandido whose fondest dream is to knock over the bank in Mesa Verde.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Sometimes El Patron seems definitely senile. He won’t talk for days and stares out the window. Other times he’s as sharp as the old bandido he once was.”
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
I'm not joking, if that's what you mean; for we are on the borders of the bandido country now.
From The Car of Destiny by Both, Armand
So—such a bandido as this Kitchell, he could take horses, good, trained horses—maybe from the army—and he would run them south.
From Rebel Spurs by Norton, Andre
All day long he snaps his revolver and pretends to be a bandido, and when he is not risking hell's fire in that way he is whirling his riata and jumping through it.
From Heart of the Sunset by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
They play a team of silent movie heroes who from a distance look like just the fellows to save a Mexican village from the depredations of El Guapo and his bandidos.
From Time Magazine Archive
El Jefe was no saint, everyone knew that, but among the bandidos that had been in the National Palace, this one at least was building churches and schools, paying off our debts.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
Footpads and armed bandidos infested every highway and mountain road twenty years ago, and travel was impossible except with an armed escort.
From Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development by Hume, Martin
Only this operation was too slick for most bandidos.
From Rebel Spurs by Norton, Andre
“Those beastly bandidos introduced you to the King,—don't forget that,” said Dick consolingly.
From The Car of Destiny by Both, Armand
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