bandit

Example Sentences

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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

He would have made out like a bandit, given the fall in property prices, which took the best part of a decade to recover.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 7, 2025

The multi-starrer that also had Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini and Jaya Bachchan in the lead roles saw Dharmendra and Bachchan play loveable rogues-turned-saviours who are recruited to fight a dreaded bandit.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025

Birnin Gwari, a mineral-rich agricultural hub, had seen a sharp drop in bandit violence since Kaduna state government brokered a peace agreement between bandits and residents in November last year.

From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025

Ten riders, including “Rattlesnake” Pete and a presumably reformed Nebraska bandit named Doc Middleton, set out from the Baline Hotel in Chadron on the morning of June 14, 1893.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson