bandit:
(plural: ‘bandits‘)
a typical bandit
a robber/thief, especially one belonging to an armed band of thieves, robs people of their valuables using guns;
an outlaw; a gangster; a brigand;
a person who lives by cheating other,
a gang of three bandits waiting for a victim to rob
In Nigeria, armed bandits robbing drivers on highways has become a huge threat the local police can’t handle.
Some bandits in the folk lore are made heroes as they stole from the rich and gave away to the poor, like bandits Robin Hood and Zorro!
A “one-armed bandit” is not a person but a gambling machine with which people can gamble. These machines are called ‘one-armed bandits’ because each one is operated by a lever by its side that looks like an arm, and like a bandit, it robs the gamblers of their money. The other names by which this machine is called are: ‘slot machine’, ‘slot’, ‘fruit machine’, ‘poker machine’ or ‘pokie’!
