bandit has definitions from the fields of law,criminal law
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[ noun ] (law,criminal law) an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band

Synonyms

brigand

Used in print

(Guy Endore, Voltaire! Voltaire!...)

`` You must be a very learned man '' , says Voltaire to one of the bandits .

`` A learned man '' ? the bandit laughs in his face .

He refuses to believe that the bandit chief never attended a higher institution .

Related terms

thief

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