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banditti

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ban⋅dit

  [ban-dit]
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–noun, plural ban⋅dits or (Rare) ban⋅dit⋅ti  [ban-dit-ee] .
1. a robber, esp. a member of a gang or marauding band.
2. an outlaw or highwayman.
3. Informal.
a. a person who takes unfair advantage of others, as a merchant who overcharges; swindler; cheat.
b. a vendor, cab driver, etc., who operates a business or works without a required license or permit, and without observing the usual rules or practices.
4. Military Informal. an enemy aircraft, esp. an attacking fighter.
—Idiom
5. make out like a bandit, Slang. to be extremely successful; profit greatly: The early investors in the company have made out like bandits.
Origin:
1585–95; earlier bandetto, pl. banditti < It banditi outlaws, pl. of bandito proscribed, ptp. of bandire banish, exile, announce publicly < Goth bandwjan to make a sign, indicate (cf. band 1 ) with v. suffix -ire < L -īre

Synonyms:
1, 2. brigand, desperado.
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Word Origin & History

bandit 
1591, from It. bandito (pl. banditi) "outlaw," pp. of bandire "proscribe, banish," from V.L. *bannire "to proclaim, proscribe," from P.Gmc. *bann (see ban). *Bannire (or its Frankish cognate *bannjan) in O.Fr. became banir-, which, with lengthened stem, became Eng. banish.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

bandit

See SOES bandit.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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