Crossword clues for bandits
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bandit \Ban"dit\ (b[a^]n"d[i^]t), n.; pl. Bandits (b[a^]n"d[i^]ts), or Banditti (b[a^]n*d[i^]t"t[i^]). [It. bandito outlaw, p. p. of bandire to proclaim, to banish, to proscribe, LL. bandire, bannire. See Ban an edict, and cf. Banish.] An outlaw; a brigand.
No savage fierce, bandit, or mountaineer.
--Milton.
Note: The plural banditti was formerly used as a collective noun.
Deerstealers are ever a desperate banditti.
--Sir
W. Scott.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of bandit English)
Wikipedia
Bandits is a 2001 American crime- comedy romantic drama film directed by Barry Levinson. It stars Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, and Cate Blanchett. Filming began in October 2000 and ended in February 2001. It helped Thornton earn a National Board of Review Best Actor Award for 2001. Thornton and Blanchett's performances earned praise, as each was nominated for Best Actor and Best Actress Golden Globe Awards for their performances in this film, while Blanchett was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. It first opened in theaters on October 12, 2001.
Bandits is a 1997 German road movie directed by Katja von Garnier. The film stars Katja Riemann, Jasmin Tabatabai, Nicolette Krebitz and Jutta Hoffmann. Both the film and soundtrack album were commercially successful in Germany, but Bandits grossed less than $25,000 in the United States. Much of the soundtrack was written and performed by the actresses themselves. One track from the soundtrack reached number one in the German Charts.
Bandits is a Flemish teen Pop rock band, current members are lead vocalist Jasper Publie (1996), drummer Toon Smet (1997), guitarist Tim Tielemans (1998) and bassist Thomas Van Achteren (1995). Jasper's father, Jan Publie, and Toon's father are roadies of the band.
Usage examples of "bandits".
She supposed these were ragtag hill bandits who waylaid traders and pilgrims, attacked caravans, and raided mountain monasteries and abbeys and the prosperous summer villas overlooking the River Agis.
Straddling the fire, kicking goat bones and twisted sticks to make them flare, the bandits leaned Amber forward until red and yellow flames filled her vision.
The bandits broke camp and trekked into the desert just as the sun rose.
The bandits were a mixed lot of oddballs with little in common, Amber learned, and she desperately hoped to exploit that flaw and somehow escape.
A few tall bandits were Tuigan barbarians from the hills, who lusted to loot a desert city buried since ancient times.
A few bandits lagged far behind and never spoke or shifted their veils, so only yellow or mismatched eyes showed.
Thirty-odd bandits, Amber guessed, though their numbers were never clear because the band sprawled in clumps over a mile or more.
Even freed, the half-dead humans could never outrun the indefatigable and long-legged ogres or the other bandits spread across the dunes.
Some of the bandits were already obscured by curtains of sand that lifted and died and redoubled.
Amber waited for an opportunity as the striding ogres left the other bandits floundering behind a curtain of sand.
Always wary, Reiver had insisted the trio circle Cursrah's valley and descend its western slopes, because the White Flame's bandits would surely enter from the east.
Descending a crumbling staircase to the valley floor, skulking through ruined streets and buildings, the fugitives hadn't seen any bandits so far, yet undead beings moved in the once-buried city.
Worried about bandits, Hakiim yet recalled one detail of Amber's story and hooked a thumb over his shoulder.
Surrounded, with no place to hide, Amber whimpered to think what the White Flame and her cruel bandits would do.
Close by Reiver's ear, Amber whispered, "Do the bandits know for sure we're here?