plural bandits
1
plural also banditti
ban-ˈdi-tē 
: an outlaw who lives by plunder
: an outlaw who lives by plunder
especially
: a member of a band of marauders
2
: robber
3
: an enemy plane
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Then one day, Moses the Black is struck with the horror of it all and joins a desert monastery, where he's eventually killed by another group of bandits.
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Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
Instead, her love interest is a charming bandit named Jonathan (Andrew Burnap), cut from the same cloth as the animated Flynn from Disney’s Tangled.
—Josh Spiegel, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2025
Tim Lammers Wandering off into the woods, Snow White encounters the seven dwarfs –- Happy, Sleepy, Sneezy, Bashful, Grumpy, Dopey and Doc — who along with the princess’ romantic interest, a bandit named Jonathan (Andrew Burnap) eventually form a coalition to defeat the Evil Queen.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, the prince has his own group of seven bandits, in which people with dwarfism are represented.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
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Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
Instead, her love interest is a charming bandit named Jonathan (Andrew Burnap), cut from the same cloth as the animated Flynn from Disney’s Tangled.
—Josh Spiegel, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2025
Tim Lammers Wandering off into the woods, Snow White encounters the seven dwarfs –- Happy, Sleepy, Sneezy, Bashful, Grumpy, Dopey and Doc — who along with the princess’ romantic interest, a bandit named Jonathan (Andrew Burnap) eventually form a coalition to defeat the Evil Queen.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, the prince has his own group of seven bandits, in which people with dwarfism are represented.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Bandit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bandit. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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from Italian bandito, literally, "one who is banished"
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