bandit
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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
That alone did not cause him to become a bandit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
The victim turned out to be the bandit chiefs mother—an unpleasant, haggling sort of person.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
The life of a superhero lends itself well to gallivanting through galaxies, battling space pirates and star bandits.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 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
A security report cited by AFP said bandits came on "41 motorcycles, each carrying two or three men".
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 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
During the journey her worried thoughts had included the following: Would she arrive at Ashton Place on time for her interview, or would masked bandits storm the train and take the passengers hostage?
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
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
The Italians idolize Grand Prix drivers, artists, novelists and occasionally Sicilian banditti.
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
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