How do you use the word "bandit" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "bandit": In an attempt to escape, the bandit took the lives of four hostages. This guy is a bandit.

Bandit Meaning

/ˈbændɪt/

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounOne who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group.

nounAn outlaw.

Sentence Examples

In an attempt to escape, the bandit took the lives of four hostages.

This guy is a bandit.

CEFR Practice Quiz

A masked ____ stole the gold from the stagecoach and escaped into the desert.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The lone ____ escaped into the high mountains with the stolen gold.

Word Origin & History

Borrowed from Italian bandito (“outlawed”), a derivative of Italian bandire (“to ban”), from Late Latin bandīre, an alteration (due to Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bandwjan, “to signal”)) of Late Latin bannīre (“to ban”), from Frankish *bannan (“to ban”). Doublet of bandito.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"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?" — 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 173:

"First, she read the bandit news in the paper, and was rather disappointed to learn that her man had evidently taken a night off from banditing. An imitator of the bandit had made an unsuccessful attempt to hold up a drug-store, and had backed out and run when the nervy proprietor reached for a gun; but that was all." — 1921, Munsey's Magazine, volume 74, page 38:

"As the sanctuary was bandited at least once, it may be that the silver wine cups I have are from the treasure." — 1937, The Atlantic Monthly, volume 160, page 7:

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