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Meaning of Bandit | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈbændɪt

Definitions

  1. One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group.
  2. An outlaw.
  3. One who cheats others.
  4. An aircraft identified as an enemy, but distinct from "hostile" or "threat" in that it is not immediately to be engaged.
  5. A runner who covertly joins a race without having registered as a participant.
  6. Synonym of arse bandit.

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca bandit quldur
Беларуская разбо́йнік
Български бандит разбойник
བོད་སྐད ཇག་པ
Català bandit bandoler
Čeština bandita
Deutsch Bandit Banditin
Ελληνικά ληστής
Eesti bandiit
Français bandit bandite voleur voleuse
Gaeilge tóraí
עברית שׁוֹדֵד
Magyar bandita
Հայերեն ավազակ
Bahasa Indonesia bandit begal bramacorah penjahat perampok
Íslenska ræningi
Italiano bandita bandito
日本語 匪徒 匪賊 土匪 山賊 強盗
ქართული ბანდიტი
Қазақша бандит қарақшы
한국어 도적 비적 산적
Latina latro
ລາວ ໂຈນ
Монгол дээрэмчин
Bahasa Melayu penyamun perompak
မြန်မာဘာသာ ဓားပြ
Nederlands bandiet
پښتو ډاکو
Română haramin
Svenska bandit bedragare bov rånare rövare
Kiswahili haramia
Тоҷикӣ роҳзан
Türkçe çeteci haydut kaçak
اردو ڈاکو
Oʻzbekcha qaroqchi

Examples

“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?”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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