Synonyms:
bandit, brigand
Meaning: an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band
Usage examples
"Solomon Kane!" gasped the bandit.
"Like Satan!" babbled the other bandit.
It would be different if you were a prince, or a bandit, or a burglar.'
Into the entrance of the cave that formed the bandit lair, a man staggered.
"True, our best men have been done to death by him," mused the bandit chief.
The Wolf shook the man savagely, the other bandit gazing on in wide-eyed horror.
The Maniac, The Bandit Chief, and The Outlaw can hardly be called light reading, but we strongly recommend the poem on Chicago:
Eyes, large, deep-set and unblinking, fixed their gaze upon the bandit, and looking into them, Le Loup was unable to decide what color they were.
The first we know of this man is when we find Jean, the most desperate bandit unhung, nailed to a tree with his own dagger through his breast, and the letters S.L.K. carved upon his dead cheeks.
I looked at Blenkiron, shuffling his Patience cards with his old sleepy smile, and Sandy, dressed like some bandit in melodrama, his lean face as brown as a nut, his bare arms all tattooed with crimson rings, and the fox pelt drawn tight over brow and ears.