[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bandit \ban"dit\ ba^n"di^t, n.; pl. bandits
   ba^n"di^ts, or banditti ba^ndi^t"ti^. 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.
   1913 webster

         no savage fierce, bandit, or mountaineer. --milton.
   1913 webster

   note: the plural banditti was formerly used as a collective
         noun.
         1913 webster

               deerstealers are ever a desperate banditti. --sir
                                                  w. scott.
         1913 webster
see also:
bandits banditti ban banish 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

bandit
     n : an armed thief who is usually a member of a band syn: brigand
     also: banditti pl
see also:
brigand banditti 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

31 moby thesaurus words for "bandit":
   air armada, air force, badman, bogey, bravo, brigand, bummer,
   combat plane, cutthroat, dacoit, desperado, enemy aircraft,
   footpad, forager, freebooter, gangster, highwayman, holdup man,
   hoodlum, looter, mobsman, mobster, pillager, plunderer, racketeer,
   raider, ravager, sacker, slaunchways, thug, villain

[4] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

bandit. a man outlawed; one who is said to be under ban.

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