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bandit

See also: Bandit and bändit

English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Italian bandito (“outlawed”), a derivative of Italian bandire (“to ban”), from Late Latin bandīre, an alteration (due to Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bandwjan, “to signal”)) of Late Latin bannīre (“to ban”), from Frankish *bannan (“to ban”).[1] Doublet of bandito.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbændɪt/
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Noun edit

bandit (plural bandits or (archaic) banditti)

  1. One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group.
    • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 173:
      Do you recollect a story my nurse told us of a Sicilian bandit, the terror of the country?—how he saved a young child from a cottage on fire, brought it up delicately, and far removed from his own pursuits; while, at his execution, his chief regret was the future provision for that boy?
  2. An outlaw.
  3. One who cheats others.
  4. (military, aviation) An aircraft identified as an enemy, but distinct from "hostile" or "threat" in that it is not immediately to be engaged.
  5. (sports, slang) A runner who covertly joins a race without having registered as a participant.

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Verb edit

bandit (third-person singular simple present bandits, present participle banditing, simple past and past participle bandited)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To rob, or steal from, in the manner of a bandit.
    • 1921, Munsey's Magazine, volume 74, page 38:
      First, she read the bandit news in the paper, and was rather disappointed to learn that her man had evidently taken a night off from banditing. An imitator of the bandit had made an unsuccessful attempt to hold up a drug-store, and had backed out and run when the nervy proprietor reached for a gun; but that was all.
    • 1937, The Atlantic Monthly, volume 160, page 7:
      As the sanctuary was bandited at least once, it may be that the silver wine cups I have are from the treasure.

References edit

  1. ^ Funk, W. J. ((Can we date this quote?)) Word origins and their romantic stories, New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc.

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Catalan edit

Etymology edit

From bandir.

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Noun edit

bandit m (plural bandits, feminine bandida)

  1. outlaw

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bandit m (plural bandits)

  1. bandit
    des procédés de bandit ― dishonest practices

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Descendants edit

  • → German: Bandit
    • → Bulgarian: банди́т (bandít)
    • → Polish: bandyta
  • → Norman: bandit
  • → Romanian: bandit

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Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch bandiet, from Middle French bandit, from Italian bandito.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈbandɪt̚]
  • Hyphenation: ban‧dit

Noun edit

bandit (first-person possessive banditku, second-person possessive banditmu, third-person possessive banditnya)

  1. bandit
    Synonyms: penjahat, pencuri

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Norman edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French bandit.

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bandit m (plural bandits)

  1. (Jersey) bandit

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French bandit.

Noun edit

bandit m (plural bandiți)

  1. bandit

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Declension of bandit
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) bandit banditul (niște) bandiți bandiții
genitive/dative (unui) bandit banditului (unor) bandiți bandiților
vocative banditule bandiților

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

From Italian bandito.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /bǎndiːt/
  • Hyphenation: ban‧dit

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bàndīt m (Cyrillic spelling ба̀ндӣт)

  1. bandit

Declension edit

Declension of bandit
singular plural
nominative bàndīt banditi
genitive bandíta bandita
dative banditu banditima
accusative bandita bandite
vocative bandite banditi
locative banditu banditima
instrumental banditom banditima

References edit

  • “bandit” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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bandit c

  1. (somewhat dated) a career criminal living outside society; a robber, a bandit

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Declension of bandit 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bandit banditen banditer banditerna
Genitive bandits banditens banditers banditernas

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