[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 

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