bandit

See also: Bandit and bändit

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bandito (“outlawed”), a derivative of Italian bandire (“to ban”). The Italian verb is inherited from Vulgar Latin *bannire (“to proclaim”), but its form was influenced by Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bandwjan, “to signal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbændɪt/

• Audio (AU)

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Noun

bandit (plural bandits)

1. One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group.
2. An outlaw.
3. One who cheats others.
4. (military) An enemy aircraft.
5. (sports, slang) A runner who covertly joins a race without having registered as a participant.

Synonyms

• (one who robs others): See Thesaurus:thief
• (outlaw): criminal, fugitive, outlaw
• (one who cheats others): cheater

Derived terms

• gas meter bandit
• one-armed bandit
• shag bandit

Related terms

• banditti

Translations

one who robs others

• Albanian: bandit (sq) m
• Arabic: سَارِق‎ (ar) m (sāriq)
• Armenian: ավազակ (hy) (avazak)
• Azerbaijani: bandit, quldur
• Belarusian: банды́т m (bandýt), разбо́йнік m (razbójnik)
• Bulgarian: банди́т (bg) m (bandít), разбо́йник (bg) m (razbójnik)
• Burmese: ဓားပြ (my) (dha:pra.)
• Cherokee: ᏗᏓᎾᏒᎲᏍᎩ (didanasvhvsgi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 匪徒 (zh) (fěitú), 土匪 (zh) (tǔfěi), 強盜 (zh), 强盗 (zh) (qiángdào)

• Czech: bandita (cs) m
• Danish: bandit c
• Dutch: bandiet (nl) m
• Estonian: bandiit
• Finnish: rosvo (fi), bandiitti (fi)
• French: voleur (fr) m, bandit (fr) m
• Georgian: ბანდიტი (bandiṭi)
• German: Bandit (de) m
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍅𐌰 m (wilwa)
• Greek: ληστής (el) (listís)

  Ancient: λῃστής m (lēistḗs)

• Hebrew: שׁוֹדֵד‎ (he) m (shodéd)
• Hindi: डाकू (hi) m (ḍākū)
• Hungarian: bandita (hu)
• Icelandic: ræningi (is)
• Ido: bandito (io)
• Indonesian: begal (id), perampok (id), bandit (id)
• Irish: tóraí m
• Italian: bandito (it) m, bandita (it) f
• Japanese: 山賊 (ja) (さんぞく, sanzoku), 強盗 (ja) (がんどう, gandō, ごうとう, gōtō)
• Kabuverdianu: bandidu, bandide
• Kazakh: бандит (bandït), қарақшы (qaraqşı), тонаушы (tonawşı)
• Korean: 도적(盜賊) (ko) (dojeok)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: چەتە‎ (ku) (çete)

• Kyrgyz: бандит (ky) (bandit), кески (keski)
• Lao: ໂຈນ (chōn)
• Latin: latrō (la) m
• Latvian: bandīts m
• Lithuanian: banditas m
• Macedonian: разбојник m (razbojnik)
• Manx: roosteyr m
• Maori: pāhua, kaipāhua
• Marathi: डाकू m (ḍākū)
• Mongolian: дээрэмчин (mn) (deeremchin)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: banditt m

• Persian: راهزن‎ (fa) (râhzan)
• Plautdietsch: Baundiet m
• Polish: bandyta (pl) m, rozbójnik (pl) m
• Portuguese: ladrão (pt) f
• Romanian: bandit (ro) m
• Russian: банди́т (ru) m (bandít), разбо́йник (ru) m (razbójnik)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: разбојник m

  Roman: razbojnik (sh) m

• Slovak: bandita m
• Slovene: razbojnik m
• Spanish: bandido (es) m
• Swahili: haramia (sw)
• Swedish: bandit (sv) c, bov (sv) c, rövare (sv) c, rånare (sv)
• Tajik: роҳзан (rohzan)
• Thai: โจร (th) (joon)
• Tibetan: ཇག་པ (jag pa)
• Turkmen: bandit (tk), galtaman
• Ukrainian: банди́т (uk) m (bandýt), розбі́йник m (rozbíjnyk)
• Uzbek: bandit (uz), bosmachi (uz)
• Vietnamese: kẻ cướp (vi), cường đạo (vi)
• Yiddish: באַנדיט‎ m (bandit)

an outlaw

• Arabic:

  Algerian Arabic: ^{(please verify)} باندي‎ m (bāndi)

  Moroccan Arabic: باندي‎ m (bāndi)

  Tunisian Arabic: ^{(please verify)} باندي‎ m (bāndi)

• Cherokee: ᏗᏓᎾᏒᎲᏍᎩ (didanasvhvsgi)
• Finnish: lainsuojaton (fi), henkipatto (fi)
• Ido: bandito (io)

• Indonesian: bandit (id), penjahat (id)
• Irish: tóraí m
• Italian: bandito (it) m, bandita (it) f
• Javanese: bajingan (jv)
• Kabuverdianu: bandidu, bandide
• Latin: latro (la) m
• Portuguese: bandido (pt) m
• Swahili: haramia (sw)
• Swedish: bandit (sv) c

one who cheats others

• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: فێڵباز‎ (ku) (fêllbaz)

• Portuguese: ladrão (pt) m, trapaceiro (pt) m
• Swedish: bedragare (sv)

Verb

bandit (third-person singular simple present bandits, present participle banditing, simple past and past participle bandited)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To rob, or steal from, in the manner of a bandit.
   • 1921, Munsey's Magazine (volume 74, page 38)

     First, she read the bandit news in the paper, and was rather disappointed to learn that her man had evidently taken a night off from banditing. An imitator of the bandit had made an unsuccessful attempt to hold up a drug-store, and had backed out and run when the nervy proprietor reached for a gun; but that was all.

   • 1937, The Atlantic Monthly (volume 160, page 7)

     As the sanctuary was bandited at least once, it may be that the silver wine cups I have are from the treasure.

Anagrams

• IT Band, IT band

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑ̃.di/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -i
• Homophone: bandits

Noun

bandit m (plural bandits)

1. bandit
   • 1836, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, chapter XXXV, in Louis Viardot, transl., L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, volume I, Paris: J[acques]-J[ulien] Dubochet et C^ie, éditeurs, […], OCLC 763899327:

     « Arrête, larron ! s’écriait-il ; arrête, félon, bandit, détrousseur de passants ; je te tiens ici, et ton cimeterre ne te sera bon à rien. »

     "Stop, thief!" cried he; "Stop, traitor, bandit, robber of passers-by; I hold thee here, and thy scimitar will be of no use to thee."

Derived terms

• banditisme
• bandit de grand chemin

Descendants

• → German: Bandit
  • → Polish: bandyta
• → Norman: bandit

Further reading

• “bandit” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch bandiet, from Middle French bandit, from Italian bandito.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbandɪt̚]
• Hyphenation: ban‧dit

Noun

bandit (plural, first-person possessive banditku, second-person possessive banditmu, third-person possessive banditnya)

1. bandit

   Synonyms: penjahat, pencuri

Derived terms

• kebanditan
• membandit

 

Further reading

• “bandit” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French bandit.

Noun

bandit m (plural bandits)

1. (Jersey) bandit

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Romanian

Etymology

From French bandit

Noun

bandit m (plural bandiți)

1. bandit

Declension

Declension of bandit

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) bandit	banditul	(niște) bandiți	bandiții
genitive/dative	(unui) bandit	banditului	(unor) bandiți	bandiților
vocative	banditule		bandiților

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian bandito.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǎndiːt/
• Hyphenation: ban‧dit

Noun

bàndīt m (Cyrillic spelling ба̀ндӣт)

1. bandit

Declension

Declension of bandit

	singular	plural
nominative	bàndīt	banditi
genitive	bandíta	bandita
dative	banditu	banditima
accusative	bandita	bandite
vocative	bandite	banditi
locative	banditu	banditima
instrumental	banditom	banditima

References

• “bandit” in Hrvatski jezični portal