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Antonyms for bandits

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ban-dit
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæn dɪt

Definition of bandits

Origin :
  • 1590s, from Italian bandito (plural banditi) "outlaw," past participle of bandire "proscribe, banish," from Vulgar Latin *bannire "to proclaim, proscribe," from Proto-Germanic *bann (see ban (v.)). *Bannire (or its Frankish cognate *bannjan) in Old French became banir-, which, with lengthened stem, became English banish.
  • noun thief
Example sentences :
  • And there are others and others, adventurers and bandits from the four corners of the earth!
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • Had she decoyed him to the rendezvous in the dark but to betray him to the bandits with whom she was in league?
  • Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold
  • My companion said to me: "It is here, that all our bandits have taken refuge."
  • Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
  • He seemed, indeed, as well known to these bandits as Perona himself.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
  • They were a family of bandits lying in wait, ready to rifle and plunder.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
  • "The bandits have thrown themselves into the forest," he muttered.
  • Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola
  • Remember how we used to mix it with them Jerry bandits tryin' to blitz London?
  • Extract from : « A Yankee Flier Over Berlin » by Al Avery
  • The Earps in turn stated that the Clanton boys were the bandits.
  • Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt
  • The three Mexican bandits were members of this little detachment.
  • Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt
  • Apaches and bandits made many an attack on them in the cañon.
  • Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt

Synonyms for bandits

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