Thesaurus results for BANDIT

bandit

noun

Definition of bandit

as in pirate

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 bandit In The Death of Robin Hood, Hugh Jackman plays the bandit of Nottingham, aged and retired to a hermit's life in the wilderness. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026 The father pulls over, and the car is immediately swarmed over by bandits, who brutally kill him — plus his wife and two kids — with no mercy. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2026 In the decade of violent conflicts that followed, attacks on border towns and seizures of American property by revolutionaries and bandits prompted the United States to send two military expeditions into Mexico. — Robert B. Zoellick, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2026 Joining Prue is her classmate Curtis Mehlberg (Jacob Tremblay), and the two enter a world of talking animals, bandits and powerful figures driven by grief and ambition. — Mya Copeland, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bandit

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Noun

And for more than two heady years, music lovers within a mile or two of the Sunset Junction area could groove to the wildly eclectic sounds of KBLT, a pirate radio station that operated from 1995 to 1998.

— Pat Saperstein, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026
Many Orlando-area homes feature skeletons that tower over the neighborhood, witchy covens, horror movie icons, clowns, pirate ships, pumpkins, zombies and vampires.

— Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of pirate

Noun

French President Emmanuel Macron gave a warning this week that thieves would be apprehended.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
The new series picks up four years later, as Assane is released and pledges to go straight and repair his relationship with his family, only for a copycat thief to once more drag him to the criminal side.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 23 Oct. 2026