bandit
noun
a robber, especially a member of a gang or marauding band.
banditti
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pluralof bandit.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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There are gold mines and roving banditti; mules are branded, and dung is hauled to smoke out grasshoppers.
From New York Times ● Nov. 26, 2018
One internal British memo portrayed him after victory as demanding the runaways be returned "with all the grossness and ferocity of a captain of banditti".
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2017
These ornate banditti are mountaineers of the tribe of Mati, and they guard their tribal Chief, Ahmed Bey Zogu, who is nominally President and actually Dictator of Albania.
From Time Magazine Archive
Romance abides there, not principally among banditti, but in the very air and infinitely varied scene.
From Time Magazine Archive
Milton. µ The plural banditti was formerly used as a collective noun.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
