Banditti

Quick meaning: Banditti is a noun meaning (archaic) Robbers or outlaws.

Meaning

(archaic) Robbers or outlaws.

Example Sentences

[T]his was the very Time when the late Rebellion was at the higheſt; and indeed the Banditti were now marched into England, […]

I have more pleasure in a snug farm-house than a watch-tower—and a troop of tidy, happy villagers please me better than the finest banditti in the world.

Carlstadt silently trod the strange steps of the wandering Holstein; […] he felt a repugnance at passing through a place most suitably fitted to the depredations of an hardened banditti, and calculated to inspire thought of the most terrific formation.

The history of the Corsican banditti is rich in heroic, demon-like, and chivalrous traits of character. The people sing bandit dirges throughout the whole country; […] There was with him also a bandit, Brusco, to whom he had sworn eternal friendship, and his uncle Augellone. The latter name signifies Evil Bird, for it is the custom for banditti to give themselves nicknames when they begin to play their part in the Macchia.

Word Forms

• bandit
• banditto
• bandittis

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include marauders, brigand, bandito, bandolero, archrogue, robber.

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