bandit

Definition

  • noun: a criminal who attacks and steals from travelers and who is often a member of a group of criminals
  • noun: an outlaw who lives by plunder

Examples

  • They were two of the most famous 'bandits' [='outlaws, robbers'] of the 19th century.

  • They were charged with 'banditry' and smuggling.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) there was an eleven thousand five hundred dollar fortune, just sittin' there, and y'all rode right past it. – You be damned, blackie, we're not bandits. – I ain't sayin' that, nice thing 'bout this fortune it is. It ain't illegal, you can't steal it, ya gotta earn it, white boy. (..)
    2012 Django Unchained