In an attempt to escape, the bandit took the lives of four hostages.
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Bandit
//ˈbændɪt//
Synonyms for "bandit" (60 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (30)
Related word relations
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6 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
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3 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
40 entriesShowing 16 of 40 words.
Translations
161 translations across 74 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- bandit noun (one who robs others)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- λῃστής noun (one who robs others)
Arabic
3 entries- باندي noun (an outlaw)
- سَارِق noun (one who robs others)
- سَارِقَة noun (one who robs others)
Armenian
1 entries- ավազակ noun (one who robs others)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- bandit noun (one who robs others)
- quldur noun (one who robs others)
Belarusian
4 entries- банды́т noun (one who robs others)
- банды́тка noun (one who robs others)
- разбо́йнік noun (one who robs others)
- разбо́йніца noun (one who robs others)
Bulgarian
4 entries- банди́т noun (one who robs others)
- банди́тка noun (one who robs others)
- разбо́йник noun (one who robs others)
- разбо́йница noun (one who robs others)
Burmese
1 entries- ဓားပြ noun (one who robs others)
Catalan
2 entries- bandit noun (an outlaw)
- bandoler noun (an outlaw)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- فێڵباز noun (one who cheats others)
- چەتە noun (one who robs others)
Cherokee
2 entries- ᏗᏓᎾᏒᎲᏍᎩ noun (one who robs others)
- ᏗᏓᎾᏒᎲᏍᎩ noun (an outlaw)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 匪徒 noun (one who robs others)
- 土匪 noun (one who robs others)
- 強盜 /强盗 noun (one who robs others)
Czech
2 entries- bandita noun (one who robs others)
- banditka noun (one who robs others)
Danish
1 entries- bandit noun (one who robs others)
Dutch
1 entries- bandiet noun (one who robs others)
Estonian
1 entries- bandiit noun (one who robs others)
Finnish
4 entries- bandiitti noun (one who robs others)
- henkipatto noun (an outlaw)
- lainsuojaton noun (an outlaw)
- rosvo noun (one who robs others)
French
4 entries- bandit noun (one who robs others)
- bandite noun (one who robs others)
- voleur noun (one who robs others)
- voleuse noun (one who robs others)
Georgian
1 entries- ბანდიტი noun (one who robs others)
German
2 entries- Bandit noun (one who robs others)
- Banditin noun (one who robs others)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍅𐌰 noun (one who robs others)
Greek
1 entries- ληστής noun (one who robs others)
Hebrew
1 entries- שׁוֹדֵד noun (one who robs others)
Hindi
2 entries- डाकू noun (one who robs others)
- राहज़न noun (one who robs others)
Hungarian
1 entries- bandita noun (one who robs others)
Icelandic
1 entries- ræningi noun (one who robs others)
Ido
2 entries- bandito noun (one who robs others)
- bandito noun (an outlaw)
Indonesian
4 entries- bandit noun (one who robs others)
- bandit noun (an outlaw)
- begal noun (one who robs others)
- penjahat noun (an outlaw)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- راهْزَن noun (one who robs others)
- سارِق noun (one who robs others)
Irish
2 entries- tóraí noun (one who robs others)
- tóraí noun (an outlaw)
Italian
4 entries- bandita noun (one who robs others)
- bandita noun (an outlaw)
- bandito noun (one who robs others)
- bandito noun (an outlaw)
Japanese
2 entries- 山賊 noun (one who robs others)
- 強盗 noun (one who robs others)
Javanese
1 entries- bajingan noun (an outlaw)
Kabuverdianu
4 entries- bandide noun (one who robs others)
- bandide noun (an outlaw)
- bandidu noun (one who robs others)
- bandidu noun (an outlaw)
Kazakh
3 entries- бандит noun (one who robs others)
- тонаушы noun (one who robs others)
- қарақшы noun (one who robs others)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- ā-āphīehói noun (one who robs others)
Korean
2 entries- 도적 noun (one who robs others)
- 비적 noun (one who robs others)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- бандит noun (one who robs others)
- кески noun (one who robs others)
Lao
1 entries- ໂຈນ noun (one who robs others)
Latin
2 entries- latro noun (an outlaw)
- latrō noun (one who robs others)
Latvian
1 entries- bandīts noun (one who robs others)
Lithuanian
1 entries- banditas noun (one who robs others)
Macedonian
3 entries- арамија noun (one who robs others)
- разбојник noun (one who robs others)
- разбојничка noun (one who robs others)
Malay
3 entries- berandal noun (one who robs others)
- penyamun noun (one who robs others)
- perompak noun (one who robs others)
Manx
1 entries- roosteyr noun (one who robs others)
Marathi
1 entries- डाकू noun (one who robs others)
Mongolian
1 entries- дээрэмчин noun (one who robs others)
Māori
2 entries- kaipāhua noun (one who robs others)
- pāhua noun (one who robs others)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- rêbir noun (one who robs others)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- banditt noun (one who robs others)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- حیدود noun (one who robs others)
- هایطه noun (one who robs others)
Pashto
3 entries- راهزن noun (one who robs others)
- غدو noun (one who robs others)
- ډاکو noun (one who robs others)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Baundiet noun (one who robs others)
Polish
4 entries- bandyta noun (one who robs others)
- bandytka noun (one who robs others)
- rozbójniczka noun (one who robs others)
- rozbójnik noun (one who robs others)
Portuguese
4 entries- bandido noun (an outlaw)
- ladrão noun (one who robs others)
- ladrão noun (one who cheats others)
- trapaceiro noun (one who cheats others)
Romanian
2 entries- bandit noun (one who robs others)
- haramin noun (one who robs others)
Russian
4 entries- банди́т noun (one who robs others)
- банди́тка noun (one who robs others)
- разбо́йник noun (one who robs others)
- разбо́йница noun (one who robs others)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- rázbojnica noun (one who robs others)
- rázbōjnīk noun (one who robs others)
- ра́збо̄јнӣк noun (one who robs others)
- ра́збојница noun (one who robs others)
Slovak
2 entries- bandita noun (one who robs others)
- banditka noun (one who robs others)
Slovene
2 entries- razbojnica noun (one who robs others)
- razbojnik noun (one who robs others)
Spanish
4 entries- bandida noun (one who robs others)
- bandido noun (one who robs others)
- bandido noun (an outlaw)
- bandolero noun (one who robs others)
Swahili
2 entries- haramia noun (one who robs others)
- haramia noun (an outlaw)
Swedish
4 entries- bandit noun (one who robs others)
- bandit noun (an outlaw)
- bedragare noun (one who cheats others)
- bov noun (one who robs others)
Tajik
1 entries- роҳзан noun (one who robs others)
Thai
1 entries- โจร noun (one who robs others)
Tibetan
1 entries- ཇག་པ noun (one who robs others)
Turkish
1 entries- haydut noun (one who robs others)
Turkmen
3 entries- bandit noun (one who robs others)
- galtaman noun (one who robs others)
- garakçy noun (one who robs others)
Ukrainian
4 entries- банди́т noun (one who robs others)
- банди́тка noun (one who robs others)
- розбі́йник noun (one who robs others)
- розбі́йниця noun (one who robs others)
Urdu
2 entries- راہْزَن noun (one who robs others)
- ڈاکو noun (one who robs others)
Uyghur
2 entries- باندىت noun (one who robs others)
- قاراقچى noun (one who robs others)
Uzbek
4 entries- bandit noun (one who robs others)
- bosmachi noun (one who robs others)
- bosqinchi noun (one who robs others)
- qaroqchi noun (one who robs others)
Vietnamese
2 entries- cường đạo noun (one who robs others)
- kẻ cướp noun (one who robs others)
Yiddish
1 entries- באַנדיט noun (one who robs others)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
This guy is a bandit.
Source: tatoeba (1700091)
That guy is a bandit.
Source: tatoeba (1700096)
He's a bandit alright.
Source: tatoeba (6616306)
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