bandit, brigand
(noun) an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bandit (plural bandits)
One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group.
An outlaw.
One who cheats others.
(military) An enemy aircraft.
(sports, slang) A runner who covertly joins a race without having registered as a participant.
• (one who robs others): See Thesaurus:thief
• (outlaw): criminal, fugitive, outlaw
• (one who cheats others): cheater
bandit (third-person singular simple present bandits, present participle banditing, simple past and past participle bandited)
(ambitransitive) To rob, or steal from, in the manner of a bandit.
• IT Band, IT band
Source: Wiktionary
Ban"dit, n.; pl.Bandits, or Banditti. Etym: [It. bandito outlaw, p.p. of bandire to proclaim, to banish, to proscribe, LL. bandire, bannire. See Ban an edict, and cf. Banish.]
Definition: An outlaw; a brigand. No savage fierce, bandit, or mountaineer. Milton.
Note: The plural banditti was formerly used as a collective noun. Deerstealers are ever a desperate banditti. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 May 2025
(adjective) not developed, improved, exploited or used; “vast unexploited (or undeveloped) natural resources”; “taxes on undeveloped lots are low”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
