bandits
Example Sentences
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Traditional western dramas were more likely to depict vaqueros as bandits than hard-working ranch hands whose contributions were fundamental to the American West.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026
When Lakurawa moved into communities along the Niger-Nigeria border, it prompted the bandits to move elsewhere.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025
In the northwest, the biggest security concern is that from criminal gangs known as bandits.
From Barron's • Dec. 27, 2025
The Nigerian government designated the bandits as terrorists under domestic law in January 2022, allowing increased use of the military against them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
“Very well, my friend,” José Arcadio Buendía said, “you may stay here, not because you have those bandits with shotguns at the door, but out of consideration for your wife and daughters.”
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
