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bandits

noun

plural of bandit

as in pirates

a criminal who attacks and steals from travelers and who is often a member of a group of criminals They were two of the most famous bandits of the 19th century.

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Recent Examples of bandits The plot is set in motion when dacoits (armed bandits) rob and murder Ram Lal, the village moneylender and head of Mano Majra’s only Hindu household. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026 Instead, most are romantic stories about young lovers separated by fate, and the rest are swashbuckling adventures full of bandits and pirates. — Literary Hub, 30 June 2026 Fantastical adventures ensue as the pair encounter a mysterious woman, Alexandra, who has lost her son, along with coyotes, bandits, and some pretty big secrets. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 29 June 2026 In the movie, Furiosa is taken from her idyllic home by bandits and grows up shuttled between psychopath Dementus (Chris Hemsworth) and warlord Immortan Joe (Lachy Hulme). — Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 17 June 2026 There are dogs, bandits, romances, political revolutions, philosophical debates. — Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 16 June 2026 Deportees from the United States are especially vulnerable to robbery and kidnapping because gangs and bandits assume that their families can pay larger ransoms. — Caitlin Dickerson, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026 Joined by her hapless but loyal classmate Curtis Mehlberg (Jacob Tremblay), Prue navigates a world of talking animals, bandits, and powerful figures driven by grief and ambition. — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 13 May 2026 Sardinian bandits sometimes fought back with their own sense of justice, settling matters through raids, kidnappings, and violence. — IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2026

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The hijacking is the latest in a series of attacks attributed to Somali pirates, whose activities have resurfaced in the Gulf of Aden and the western Indian Ocean after years of relative inactivity.

— Omar Faruk, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
But then a banquet meal goes horribly awry, and pirates sink the ship.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 17 July 2026

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Biometric authentication, such as Face ID or fingerprint recognition, generally offers stronger protection against opportunistic thieves because there’s no passcode for someone nearby to observe.

— Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2026
The torque theft recalls the brazen theft at the Louvre in Paris, in which thieves made off with $102 million worth of jewels in less than eight minutes, also in broad daylight.

— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 25 July 2026

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