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.