bandido

/banˈdido/ · B1 · noun · m

criminal

🤠🐎 bandido ≈ bandit: from Italian bandito, one who was banned

Italian bandire meant to proclaim a ban, or to banish. A bandito was someone banished by public decree, an outlaw. English took the same word as bandit. Put the stress on the second syllable: ban-DI-do.

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