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masculine

/bɑ̃.di/

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Translation

bandit, crook

Word origin

From Italian bandito ('a man declared an outlaw'), the past participle of bandire ('to banish').

Origin: Italian
Root: bandito
English cognates: bandit, banish, ban

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralbandits

Examples

A bandit stole the shop till.

The bandits headed off towards the forest.

The old crook spent ten years in prison.

They arrested two bandits near the border.

This crook frightens nobody.

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This word is part of lesson 60.