bandit

Nigeria's police and military have long been overstretched: across its north, Africa's most populous country is fighting a long-running jihadist insurgency, complicated by inroads made by militants from the Sahel, and non-ideological "bandit" gangs.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

Bernthal, who plays Sonny, has his own wayward machismo and hapless sensitivity, the very qualities that made Al Pacino unforgettable in the role of the bungling bandit with a Catholic conscience.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026

One sculpture transforms the European hero Robin Hood into an African bandit queen who raided slave traders and freed their captives.

From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026

Some managers of SPVs, knowing they’re among the few ways to buy into coveted pre-IPO companies, charge fees that would make a bandit blush.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

The bandit let out a howl and began hopping on one leg, which allowed me to snatch Aunt Kitty’s coin purse right from his hand.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

The life of a superhero lends itself well to gallivanting through galaxies, battling space pirates and star bandits.

From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026

But in his victory speech, de la Espriella insisted that while he would come down hard on drug traffickers and "bandits", he would do so within the confines of the law and the constitution.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

The Rams made out like bandits when the Falcons struggled and the pick they got back turned out to land at No. 13.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

There can be no doubt that in tax terms, America’s wealthiest families make out like bandits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026

Picasso and Apollinaire figured bandits would play cards.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

There are gold mines and roving banditti; mules are branded, and dung is hauled to smoke out grasshoppers.

From New York Times ● Nov. 26, 2018

One internal British memo portrayed him after victory as demanding the runaways be returned "with all the grossness and ferocity of a captain of banditti".

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2017

Romance abides there, not principally among banditti, but in the very air and infinitely varied scene.

From Time Magazine Archive

These ornate banditti are mountaineers of the tribe of Mati, and they guard their tribal Chief, Ahmed Bey Zogu, who is nominally President and actually Dictator of Albania.

From Time Magazine Archive

Why do the Italian banditti wear such steeple-crowned hats when they creep through small holes, or kneel for concealment behind rocks which only cover their foreheads?

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 by Various