Ban″dit (băn″dĭt), n.; pl.Bandits (băn″dĭts), orBanditti (băn‐dĭt″tĭ). [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.
☞ The plural banditti was formerly used as a collective noun.
Deerstealers are ever a desperate banditti.
Sir W. Scott.