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bandit

noun
🔊/ˈbændɪt/
🔊/ˈbændɪt/
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  1. a member of an armed group of thieves who attack travellers土匪
    • Buses driving through the mountains have been attacked by bandits.驶经山区的公共汽车遭到匪徒袭击。
    Topics Crime and punishmentc1
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Italian bandito, ‘banned’, past participle of bandire ‘to ban’.