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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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