Banditti
[bæn'dɪtɪ] or [bæn'dɪti]
Definition
(pl. ) of Bandit
Edited by Erna
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. pl. Band of outlaws or robbers.
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Examples
- He was instantly made prisoner, and pulled from his horse by two or three of the banditti who crowded around him. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Meanwhile, the following dialogue took place between the two leaders of the banditti. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- There is no more mercy in them, said another of the banditti, than in an unbribed sheriffs officer. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Ay, right, answered Front-de-Boeuf; and canst thou tell me, holy father, the number of those banditti? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I inquired of a gay captain of Italian banditti with whom I had been waltzing. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
Checker: Patty